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FZPN03 KNHC 191541
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC SAT MAY 19 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 SAT MAY 19.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN MAY 20.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC MON MAY 21.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE. 

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. 

.POST TROPICAL CYCLONE ALETTA NEAR 14.8N 112.5W 1006 MB AT 1500 
UTC MAY 19 MOVING ENE OR 065 DEG AT 4 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED 
WINDS 25 KT GUSTS 35 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.  
.24 HOUR FORECAST POST TROPICAL REMNANT LOW ALETTA NEAR 13.5N 
112.3W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 20 KT GUSTS 30 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST POST TROPICAL REMNANT LOW ALETTA NEAR 12.7N 
112.6W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 20 KT GUSTS 30 KT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST...DISSIPATED.

.N OF 29N BETWEEN 120W AND 125W NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT 
IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 28N BETWEEN 119W AND 124W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN NW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 29N BETWEEN 120W AND 126W NW WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 26.5N BETWEEN 118W AND 125W NW TO N WINDS 
20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

.LOW PRES NEAR 11N100W 1006 MB DRIFTING S-SE. FROM 03N TO 08.5N 
BETWEEN 96W AND 102W SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL. S 
OF 02N BETWEEN 82W AND 86W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN 
SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES NEAR 10N100W 1006 MB. FROM 03N TO 
08.5N BETWEEN 96W AND 103W SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES NEAR 09N101W 1006 MB. WITHIN 240 NM 
SE QUADRANT WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

.WITHIN 60 NM OF THE COAST OF THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC N WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 45 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 16N94.5W 
TO 14.5N96W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT. FROM 13.5N TO 15.5N BETWEEN 96W AND 
100W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. 

.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 04N TO 07N BETWEEN 82W AND 89W SW WINDS 
20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.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 1500 UTC SAT MAY 19...

.ISOLATED MODERATE WITHIN 90 NM N QUADRANT OF POST-TROPICAL 
DEPRESSION ALETTA.

.SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS MODERATE TO STRONG WITHIN 180 NM OF LOW 
PRES NEAR 11N100W. 

.NUMEROUS MODERATE TO STRONG FROM 06N TO 13N BETWEEN 90W AND 
98W.

.NUMEROUS MODERATE TO STRONG WITHIN 180 NM OF THE PACIFIC COAST 
BETWEEN 80W AND 90W.

.SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG IN GULF OF PANAMA S OF 
04N.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
MONSOON TROUGH AXIS EXTENDS FROM 11N84W TO LOW PRES NEAR 11N100W 
TO 10N105W...WHERE IT BREAKS...THEN RESUMES NEAR 12N111W TO 
06N128W...WHERE IT TRANSITIONS TO ITCZ...CONTINUING ON TO 
02N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 120 NM SE OF AXIS BETWEEN 
110W AND 112W.

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.