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FZPN03 KNHC 121542
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC THU APR 12 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC THU APR 12.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC FRI APR 13.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SAT APR 14.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. 

.COLD FRONT JUST N OF AREA. N OF 19N W OF 125W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.
.18 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N129W TO 27N136W. N OF 28N 
W OF FRONT TO 136W NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL.
ELSEWHERE N OF 25N W OF 121W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 
FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST FAR NW.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N124W TO 27N131W. W OF FRONT 
TO 135W NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL. N OF 28N 
WITHIN 180 NM E OF FRONT SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. N 
OF 27N W OF 135W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT IN NW 
SWELL...HIGHEST N OF 28N. N OF 28N WITHIN 180 NM E OF FRONT SW 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT MOVED INLAND NE OF AREA. N OF 28N
E OF 125W NW TO N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL. FROM
20N TO 24N W OF 125W N TO NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN NW 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 27N117W TO 20N127W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL EXCEPT 10 TO 15 FT N OF
26N BETWEEN 125W AND 135W.

.FROM 04N TO 19N W OF 120W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 20N W OF 115W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 9 FT IN MIXED SW AND NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 05N TO 20N W OF 123W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
9 TO 11 FT IN MIXED NW AND NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 20N W OF 
115W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED NE AND SW
SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 04N TO 20N W OF 127W AND FROM 05N TO 16N
BETWEEN 123W AND 127W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED 
SW AND NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 20N W OF 115W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED SW AND NW SWELL.

FROM 22N TO 27N E OF 116W TO COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA NW WINDS 
20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 22N TO 28N E OF 116W TO THE COAST OF BAJA 
CALIFORNIA NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.48 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 30N SW TO W WINDS 2O 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 1515 UTC THU APR 12...
.TROUGH FROM 04N89W TO 01N98W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED 
STRONG WITHIN 120 NM N AND 90 NM S OF TROUGH.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
ITCZ EXTENDS FROM 04N109W TO 02N119W TO 01N130W. NO SIGNIFICANT 
CONVECTION.

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.FORECASTER AGUIRRE. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.