000
FZPN03 KNHC 152159
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2230 UTC WED AUG 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC WED AUG 15.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC THU AUG 16.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC FRI AUG 17.

.WARNINGS.
.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.TROPICAL DEPRESSION HECTOR AT 18.5N 115.0W 1003 MB MOVING N AT 
6 KT.  MAXIMUM WIND 30 GUSTS 40 KT.  SEAS TO 13 FT WITHIN 90 NM 
OF CENTER EXCEPT 180 NM SE QUADRANT.  ELSEWHERE FROM 18N TO 24N 
BETWEEN 106W AMD 109W  SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 12 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  TROPICAL DEPRESSION HECTOR NEAR 20.5N 115.3W. 
MAXIMUM WIND 30 GUSTS 40 KT.  SEAS TO 12 FT WITHIN 60 NM OF 
CENTER.  ELSEWHERE FROM 10N TO 21N BETWEEN 97W AND 118W WINDS 20 
KT OR LESS.  SEAS TO 10 FT SW SWELL.  S OF 10N E OF 118W  WINDS 
20 KT OR LESS.  SEAS TO 9 FT IN S SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST  POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW HECTOR NEAR 22.3N 
116.3W.  MAXIMUM WIND 25 GUSTS 35 KT.  SEAS TO 10 FT WITHIN 60 
NM OF CENTER.  ELSEWHERE FROM 14N TO 23N E OF 114W  WINDS 20 KT 
OR LESS.  SEAS TO 8 FT SW SWELL. 

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 2100 UTC WED AUG 15...

.TROPICAL DEPRESSION HECTOR...SCATTERED MODERATE AND ISOLATED STRONG 
CONVECTION WITHIN 240 NM SW QUADRANT.

.SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG WITHIN 90 NM OF 24N109W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
MONSOON TROUGH FROM 10N85W TO 11N88W TO EMBEDDED LOW PRES 1009 
MB AT 08N98W TO 14N104W THEN RESUMES FROM 14N120W TO BEYOND 
09N140W.  SCATTERED MODERATE S OF AXIS TO 06N E OF 100W. 

$$
.FORECASTER WALLY BARNES.  NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.