000
FZPN03 KNHC 180319
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC SAT AUG 18 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 SAT AUG 18.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN AUG 19.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC MON AUG 20.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.LOW PRES CENTER...REMNANT OF HECTOR...1008 MB AT 23N117W.
WITHIN 60 NM SE QUADRANT SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT. 
ELSEWHERE WITHIN 300 NM OF LOW PRES WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. 
SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES DISSIPATED. WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. 
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.FROM 18N TO 20N BETWEEN 104W AND 106W NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT.
.18 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 0300 UTC SAT AUG 18...

.SCATTERED MODERATE OVER BAJA CALIFORNIA WITHIN 60 NM OF 
28N113W. 

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
MONSOON TROUGH FROM 10N85W TO 11N97W TO LOW PRES 1009 MB AT 
10N101W TO 09N112W. AXIS RESUMES AGAIN FROM 18N117W TO BEYOND 
11N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 270 NM OF AXIS E OF 95W AND 
WITHIN 150 NM S OF AXIS FROM 102W TO 112W. 

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.FORECASTER WALLY BARNES. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.