000
FZPN03 KNHC 161506
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC THU AUG 16.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC FRI AUG 17.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SAT AUG 18.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.TROPICAL DEPRESSION HECTOR NEAR 19.7N 115.9W 1004 MB AT 1500 
UTC AUG 16 MOVING NNW OR 335 DEG AT 4 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED 
WINDS 25 KT GUSTS 35 KT WITHIN 360 NM SE QUADRANT. SEAS 8 TO 10 
FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW HECTOR NEAR 21.0N 
116.7W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 25 KT GUSTS 35 KT WITHIN 240 NM 
SE QUADRANT. SEAS 8 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW HECTOR NEAR 22.3N 
117.3W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 20 KT GUSTS 30 KT WITHIN 90 NM 
SE QUADRANT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.72 HOUR FORECAST...DISSIPATED.
  
.S OF 09N BETWEEN 80W AND 87W 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 1500 UTC THU AUG 16...

.TROPICAL DEPRESSION HECTOR...
SCATTERED STRONG WITHIN 120 NM OVER THE SW QUADRANT. ELSEWHERE 
SCATTERED  MODERATE E OF CENTER FROM 14N TO 19N BETWEEN 108W AND 
114W.  

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
MONSOON TROUGH 09N77W TO 10N90W TO EMBEDDED LOW PRES 08N98W 1009 
MB TO 10N108W...THEN RESUMES FROM 13N123W TO BEYOND 09N140W. 
SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG FROM 04N TO 08N BETWEEN 77W 
AND 88W...AND FROM 08N TO 13N BETWEEN 112W AND 135W.    

$$
.FORECASTER FORMOSA. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.