000
FZPN03 KNHC 170923
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC FRI AUG 17.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SAT AUG 18.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SUN AUG 19.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE HECTOR NEAR 20.8N 116.4W 1005 MB AT 0900 
UTC AUG 17 MOVING NNW OR 335 DEG AT 6 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED 
WINDS 25 KT GUSTS 35 KT WITHIN 150 NM SE QUADRANT. SEAS 8 TO 10 
FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 14N TO 22N BETWEEN 109W AND 118W WINDS 20 KT 
OR LESS. SEAS TO 9 FT IN S SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW HECTOR NEAR 22.6N 
116.9W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 20 KT GUSTS 30 KT WITHIN 30 NM 
OF CENTER. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW HECTOR NEAR 24.0N 
117.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 20 KT GUSTS 30 KT WITHIN 30 NM 
OF CENTER. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.72 HOUR FORECAST...DISSIPATED.
 
.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

CONVECTION VALID AT 0745 UTC FRI AUG 17...

.TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 95W N OF 14N...SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 
150 NM E OF WAVE N OF 15N.

.SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG GULF OF CALIFORNIA FROM 25N TO 
29N. 

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
MONSOON TROUGH AXIS 08N78W TO 11N86W THEN CONTINUES FROM 11N93W 
TO LOW PRES NEAR 09N99W TO 10N105W THEN CONTINUES FROM 16N120W 
TO 13N130W TO 09N140W. NUMEROUS MODERATE TO STRONG S OF AXIS TO 
03N E OF 80W. 

$$
.FORECASTER SCHAUER. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.