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FZPN03 KNHC 172124
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2230 UTC WED OCT 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC WED OCT 17.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC THU OCT 18.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC FRI OCT 19.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE PAUL NEAR 27.7N 115.3W 1004 MB AT 2100 
UTC OCT 17 MOVING NW OR 310 DEG AT 10 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED 
WINDS 30 KT GUSTS 40 KT. GULF OF CALIFORNIA FROM 26N TO 30N SE 
TO S WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. WITHIN 180 NM SW 
QUADRANT OF PAUL WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. ELSEWHERE N 
OF 24N BETWEEN BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA AND 120W WINDS 20 KT OR 
LESS. SEAS TO 9 FT IN PRIMARILY NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW PAUL NEAR 29.8N 
119.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 20 KT GUSTS 30 KT. OVER FORECAST 
WATERS N OF 29N BETWEEN 116W AND 120W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 
8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED SE AND NW SWELL. 
.36 HOUR FORECAST...DISSIPATED.

.N OF 23N BETWEEN 120W AND 131W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 
10 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 27N BETWEEN 122W AND 135W WINDS 20 KT OR 
LESS. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 25N W OF 130W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 
TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.

.FROM 10N TO 18N W OF 136W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 FT IN 
MIXED NE AND NW SWELL.
.12 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 2100 UTC WED OCT 17...

.SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG FROM 20N TO 23N E OF 108W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
THE MONSOON TROUGH IS ALONG 10N86W TO 10N100W TO 15N108W THEN 
RESUMES NEAR 16N112W TO 10N125W. THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE 
ZONE AXIS EXTENDS FROM 10N125W TO 09N130W TO 09N140W. SCATTERED 
MODERATE WITHIN 120 NM S OF COASTS OF PANAMA AND COSTA RICA. 
SIMILAR CONVECTION IS WITHIN 60-120 NM EITHER SIDE OF MONSOON 
TROUGH BETWEEN 96W AND 106W...WITHIN 60 NM EITHER SIDE OF 
MONSOON TROUGH BETWEEN 118W AND 123W...AND FROM 07N TO 10N 
BETWEEN 134W AND 138W.

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.FORECASTER LEWITSKY. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.