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FZPN03 KNHC 040920
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC WED APR 04 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC WED APR 04.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC THU APR 05.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC FRI APR 06.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.  

.COLD FRONT FROM 30N130W TO 28N140W. N OF FRONT NE WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS 9 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL. FROM 13N TO 21N W OF 134W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE 
FROM 23N110W TO 15N100W TO 00N115W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST DISSIPATING COLD FRONT FROM 30N115W TO 26N117W 
TO 23N123W. N OF 25N W OF FRONT TO 130W NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT EXCEPT NE WINDS W OF 124W. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL. N OF 
10N W OF 130W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN PRIMARILY NW 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 23N110W TO 14N100W TO 00N100W 
EXCEPT S OF 05N W OF 130W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN 
NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT DISSIPATED. N OF 25N BETWEEN 115W 
AND 123W NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL. 
N OF 25N BETWEEN 123W AND 128W AND FROM 19N TO 25N W OF 126W NE 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 21N W 
OF 114W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL.

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 0745 UTC WED APR 04...
.SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG WITHIN 180 NM W OF COLOMBIA FROM 
02N TO 04N.

.SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 45 NM OF THE COAST FROM 12N TO 13N.

.SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 150 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 
13N114W TO 07N103W. 

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
MONSOON TROUGH AXIS EXTENDS FROM 08N83W TO 05N95W TO 05N107W. 
ITCZ AXIS EXTENDS FROM 05N107W TO 06N121W TO 03N140W. SCATTERED 
MODERATE WITHIN 300 NM SE OF AXIS BETWEEN 83W AND 95W AS WELL AS 
WITHIN 270 NM S OF AXIS BETWEEN 98W AND 107W.

$$
.FORECASTER SCHAUER. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.