000
FZPN03 KNHC 160903
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC THU AUG 16 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 THU AUG 16.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC FRI AUG 17.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SAT AUG 18.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.TROPICAL DEPRESSION HECTOR AT 19.0N 115.8W 1004 MB AT 0900 UTC 
MOVING N NW AT 4 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 25 KT GUSTS 35 KT 
NEAR CENTER. SEAS TO 11 FT WITHIN 90 NM OF CENTER. ELSEWHERE 
FROM 10N TO 23N BETWEEN 103W AND 117W S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT.   
.24 HOUR FORECAST REMNANT LOW PRES OF HECTOR NEAR 20.8N 116.5W.
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITHIN 30 NM OF CENTER. SEAS TO 10 FT. 
ELSEWHERE FROM 15N TO 23N BETWEEN 107W AND 113W WINDS 20 KT OR 
LESS. SEAS TO 8 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW HECTOR NEAR 22.4N 
117.2W. WINDS 20 OR LESS WITHIN 30 NM OF CENTER. SEAS TO 8 FT.   

.S OF 09N BETWEEN 80W AND 89W AND S OF 15N BETWEEN 91W AND 103W 
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN S SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 0900 UTC THU AUG 16...

.TROPICAL DEPRESSION HECTOR...SCATTERED STRONG WITHIN 120 NM 
OVER THE SW QUADRANT. ISOLATED MODERATE TO STRONG ELSEWHERE 
WITHIN 150 NM OF CENTER. 

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
MONSOON TROUGH 08N77W TO 09N90W TO EMBEDDED LOW PRES 07N98W 1008 
MB TO 10N108W...THEN RESUMES FROM 12N120W TO 09N140W. SCATTERED 
MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 240 NM OF COAST FROM 04N TO 
16N...AND WITHIN 45 NM OF LINE 23N106W TO 11N116W TO 10N134W.  

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.FORECASTER NELSON.  NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.