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FZPN03 KNHC 150952
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC SUN APR 15 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 SUN APR 15.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC MON APR 16.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC TUE APR 17.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. 

.N OF 21N BETWEEN 110W AND 117W NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL. FROM 06N TO 25N W OF 130W AND FROM 06N 
TO 16N BETWEEN 115W AND 130W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN 
MIXED NE AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF A LINE FROM 21N110W TO 
00N120W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT IN PRIMARILY NW 
SWELL...HIGHEST N OF 22N E OF 130W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 22N WITHIN 180 NM W OF BAJA CALIFORNIA 
PENINSULA NW TO N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE N OF 22N E OF A LINE FROM 30N125W TO 22N140W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL. FROM 06N TO 22N W 
OF 125W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 22N W OF A LINE FROM 22N110W TO 00N115W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN PRIMARILY NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 06N TO 17N W OF 120W AND FROM 17N TO 22N 
W OF 130W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NE AND 
NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 22N W OF 110W AND N OF 22N W OF 130W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN PRIMARILY NW SWELL.

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA FROM 26N TO 29N NW TO N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 0900 UTC SUN APR 15...
.SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 60 NM W OF COAST OF 
COLOMBIA FROM 03N TO 07N.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE AXIS EXTENDS FROM 05N116W TO 
03N125W TO 01N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 
90-120 NM N OF AXIS BETWEEN 117W AND 122W. SIMILAR CONVECTION IS 
WITHIN 75 NM N OF AXIS BETWEEN 124W AND 131W.

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.FORECASTER LEWITSKY. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.