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FZPN03 KNHC 010330
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC SUN APR 01 2012

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS

SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE 
HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY BE 
MORE THAN TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT.

SECURITE
 
E PACIFIC FROM THE EQUATOR TO 30N E OF 140W.

SYNOPSIS VALID 0000 UTC SUN APR 01.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC MON APR 02.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC TUE APR 03.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.  

.COLD FRONT FROM 30N122W TO 23N140W. W OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT EXCEPT N OF 28N NW 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 10 TO 18 FT IN NW 
SWELL...HIGHEST N OF 28N. ELSEWHERE N OF 20N W OF 110W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NW AND SW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT MOVED INLAND AND DISSIPATED. N OF
23N E OF 122W NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 16 FT IN NW
SWELL...EXCEPT 14 TO 21 FT N OF 28N. ELSEWHERE N OF 20N W OF 
120W TO LINE FROM 30N129W TO 25N140W N TO NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
10 TO 19 FT IN NW SWELL EXCEPT 14 TO 20 FT N OF 23N BETWEEN 121W 
AND 129W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 22N BETWEEN 117W AND 123W NW TO N WINDS 
20 KT. SEAS 12 TO 17 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST N OF 27N. ELSEWHERE
N OF 19N W OF 112W W TO LINE FROM 30N131W TO 24N140W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 10 TO 15 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL. NW OF SAME 
LINE WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL.

.FROM 06N TO 20N W OF 122W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN 
MERGING SW AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 20N110W TO 
00N95W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN
SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 06N TO 20N W OF 120W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 
25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT IN MERGING SW AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF
20N W OF 108W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN SW TO
W SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 05N TO 19N W OF 122W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS 10 TO 14 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE FR0M 04N TO 
19N W OF 105W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN W TO NW
SWELL.

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 28N SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 29N NW WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 26N NW WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

CONVECTION VALID AT 0315 UTC SUN APR 01...
.SURFACE TROUGH FROM 10N85W TO 06N91W TO 05N101W. SCATTERED 
MODERATE TO STRONG WITHIN 240 NM S OF TROUGH BETWEEN 85W AND
92W. SCATTERED MODERATE FROM 00N TO 04N BETWEEN 92W AND 101W.

.SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 30 NM OF 11N107W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
ITCZ AX IS EXTENDS FROM 05N121W TO 04N140W. NO SIGNIFICANT 
CONVECTION NOTED.

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.FORECASTER AGUIRRE. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.