000
FZPN03 KNHC 162046
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2230 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC THU AUG 16.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC FRI AUG 17.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SAT AUG 18.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.TROPICAL DEPRESSION HECTOR AT 19.9N 116.1W 1005 MB AT 2100 UTC 
AUG 16 MOVING N-NW OR 335 DEG AT 4 KT.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 
25 GUSTS 35 KT WITHIN 300 NM SE QUADRANT.  SEAS TO 10 FT.  
ELSEWHERE S OF 19N FROM 80W TO 119W  WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. 
SEAS TO 10 FT IN S SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW HECTOR NEAR 21.6N 
116.8W.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 25 GUSTS 35 KT WITHIN 240 NM SE 
QUADRANT.  SEAS 8 FT.  ELSEWHERE FROM 80W TO 108W  WINDS 20 KT 
OR LESS.  SEAS TO 9 FT IN S SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST  POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW HECTOR NEAR 23.2N 
117.1W.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 20 GUSTS 30 KT WITHIN 90 NM SE 
QUADRANT.  SEAS TO 8 FT.
.72 HOUR FORECAST...DISSIPATED.
 
.REMAINDER OF AREA  WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

CONVECTION VALID AT 2100 UTC THU AUG 16...

.TROPICAL DEPRESSION HECTOR...
SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG WITHIN 120 NM W QUADRANT.  

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
MONSOON TROUGH 09N83W TO 10N92W TO EMBEDDED LOW PRES 08N98W 1010 
MB TO 10N104W...THEN RESUMES FROM 14N120W TO BEYOND 09N140W. 
SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 240 NM SE OF AXIS FROM 
120W TO 137W.    

$$
.FORECASTER WALLY BARNES.  NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.