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FZPN03 KNHC 121530
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC FRI OCT 12 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC FRI OCT 12.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SAT OCT 13.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN OCT 14.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.W OF LINE 23N140W TO 16N122W TO 07N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. 
SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 18N W OF 125W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 11N TO 15N W OF 125W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. 
SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.

.WITHIN 30 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 16N95W TO 
14N96W...INCLUDING GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.18 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA BETWEEN 24N AND 27N NW 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA LITTLE CHANGE.
.42 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT.

.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES...POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE...NEAR 
14N112W 1007 MB. FROM 15N TO 19N BETWEEN 112W AND 117W NE WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. FROM 09N TO 12N BETWEEN 104W AND 112W 
SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES...POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE...NEAR 
14N116W 1006 MB. WITHIN 270 NM NW QUADRANT AND 300 NM SE 
QUADRANT WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. 

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 1200 UTC FRI OCT 12...

.SCATTERED MODERATE FROM 05N TO 07N BETWEEN 78W AND 82W.

.SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 120 NM NW SEMICIRCLE OF LOW PRES NEAR 
14N112W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
MONSOON TROUGH FROM 10N86W TO LOW PRES 1008 MB NEAR 14N108W TO 
11N130W. ITCZ FROM 11N130W TO 10N140W. NUMEROUS SCATTERED 
ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 120 NM N AND 90 NM S OF MONSOON TROUGH 
AXIS BETWEEN 95W AND 100W.

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.FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.