000
FZPN03 KNHC 190300
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST  
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC WED SEP 19 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 WED SEP 19.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU SEP 20.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FRI SEP 21.

.WARNINGS.

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...
.TROPICAL STORM LANE AT 20.8N 130.2W 1006 MB AT 0300 UTC SEP 19 
MOVING W-NW OR 300 DEG AT 8 KT.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 35 GUSTS 
45 KT.  TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND WITHIN 30 NM N SEMICIRCLE AND 
20 NM S SEMICIRCLE.  SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 90 NM OF 
CENTER EXCEPT 60 NM SW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 16 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW LANE NEAR 21.2N 
132.4W.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 25 KT GUSTS 35 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 12 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW LANE NEAR 20.7N 
136.5W.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 20 GUSTS 30 KT.  SEAS LESS HAN 
12 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.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.EXCEPT AS NOTED IN LANE WARNING...WITHIN 90 NM N AND 60 NM S 
SEMICIRCLES OF CENTER  WINDS TO 33 KT.  SEAS TO 12 FT.  
ELSEWHERE WITHIN 120 NM OF CENTER  WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. 
SEAS TO 8 FT IN MIXED SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST  EXCEPT AS NOTED IN LANE WARNING...WITHIN 75 
NM N AND 45 NM S SEMICIRCLES OF CENTER  WINDS TO 33 KT.  SEAS TO 
10 FT.  ELSEWHERE WITHIN 90 NM N AND 60 NM S SEMICIRCLES OF 
CENTER  WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.  SEAS TO 8 FT IN MIXED SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST  EXCEPT AS NOTED IN LANE WARNING...WITHIN 60 
NM NW AND 30 SE SEMICIRCLES  WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT.

.LOW PRES...REMNANTS OF KRISTY...NEAR 25N118W 1013 MB.  WITHIN 
90 NM NW SEMICIRCLE  WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.  SEAS TO 8 FT.
.18 HOUR FORECAST  LOW PRES DISSIPATED.  WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. 
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.24 HOUR FORECAST  GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC  N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST  WITHIN 30 NM OF LINE FROM 16N94W TO 14N98W... 
INCLUDING GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  WITHIN 30 NM OF LINE FROM 16N94W TO 13N99W... 
INCLUDING GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.
SEAS TO 10 FT.

.REMAINDER OF AREA  WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

CONVECTION VALID AT 0300 WED SEP 19...
.TROPICAL STORM LANE...SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 
45 NM NE QUADRANT.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
MONSOON TROUGH FROM 12N87W TO 13N93W TO 08N113W THEN ITCZ AXIS 
TO 10N120W THEN RESUME FROM 08N125W TO 08N131W TO 12N138W TO 
BEYOND 12N140W.  SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 240 NM S OF AXIS FROM 
94W TO 104W AND WITHIN 120 NM S OF AXIS FROM 104W TO 112W.

$$
.FORECASTER WALLY BARNES. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.