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FZPN03 KNHC 130930
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC FRI APR 13 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 FRI APR 13.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SAT APR 14.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SUN APR 15.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. 

.TROUGH FROM 30N130W TO 28N140W. N OF 23N BETWEEN THE BAJA 
CALIFORNIA PENINSULA AND 117W NW TO N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. NW 
OF A LINE FROM 30N125W TO 26N140W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH DISSIPATED. COLD FRONT FROM 30N115W TO 
27N120W TO 24N130W. N OF 23N WITHIN 180 NM W OF THE BAJA 
CALIFORNIA PENINSULA NW TO N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. ELSEWHERE N 
OF 20N W OF A LINE FROM 30N116W TO 20N130W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 15 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST N OF 25N W OF A LINE 
FROM 30N120W TO 25N130W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT DISSIPATED. N OF 23N WITHIN 180 NM 
W OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA NW TO N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 20N BETWEEN 110W AND 120W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST NW 
HALF. N OF 26N W OF 120W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT 
IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST E OF 130W.

.FROM 04N TO 17N W OF 115W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 
11 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 20N W OF 110W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN A BROAD MIX OF SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 04N TO 20N W OF 123W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 
25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 
20N W OF 115W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN A BROAD MIX 
OF SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 05N TO 26N W OF 125W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 
25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 
20N W OF 115W AND FROM 20N TO 26N BETWEEN 120W AND 125W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN PRIMARILY SW AND NW SWELL.

.18 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 29N S TO SW WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 0900 UTC FRI APR 13...
.TROUGH FROM 07N87W TO 04N94W TO 03N104W...SCATTERED MODERATE TO 
STRONG S OF TROUGH BETWEEN 96W AND 101W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE AXIS EXTENDS FROM 04N107W TO 
03N120W TO 02N130W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 
60-75 NM N OF AXIS W OF 126W AND ALSO FROM 05N TO 06N BETWEEN 
123W AND 129W. 

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.FORECASTER LEWITSKY. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.