000
FZPN03 KNHC 170325
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC FRI AUG 17 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC FRI AUG 17.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT AUG 18.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN AUG 19.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.TROPICAL DEPRESSION HECTOR NEAR 20.2N 116.0W 1005 MB AT 0300 
UTC AUG 17 MOVING NNW OR 340 DEG AT 4 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED 
WINDS 25 KT GUSTS 35 KT WITHIN 240 NM SE SEMICIRCLE. SEAS TO 11 
FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 20N FROM 80W TO 120W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. 
SEAS TO 10 FT IN S SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW HECTOR NEAR 21.9N 
116.5W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 20 KT GUSTS 30 KT WITHIN 240 NM 
SE QUADRANT. SEAS 8 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW HECTOR NEAR 23.5N 
116.5W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 20 KT GUSTS 30 KT WITHIN 90 NM 
SE QUADRANT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.72 HOUR FORECAST...DISSIPATED.

FORECAST WINDS IN AND NEAR ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES SHOULD BE 
USED WITH CAUTION DUE TO UNCERTAINTY IN FORECAST TRACK...SIZE 
AND INTENSITY.
 
.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

CONVECTION VALID AT 0300 UTC FRI AUG 17...

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

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
MONSOON TROUGH 08N78W TO 11N92W TO EMBEDDED LOW PRES 08N99W 1009 
MB TO 07N105W THEN RESUMES FROM 15N119W TO BEYOND 09N140W. 
SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 240 NM S OF AXIS W OF 
119W.  

$$
.FORECASTER WALLY BARNES. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.