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FZPN03 KNHC 031557
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC SAT NOV 03 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 SAT NOV 03.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN NOV 04.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC MON NOV 05.

.WARNINGS.

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...
.TROPICAL STORM ROSA AT 12.7N 120.4W 1006 MB AT 1500 UTC NOV 03 
MOVING W OR 275 DEG AT 4 KT.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 35 GUSTS 45 
KT.  TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND WITHIN 40 NM N SEMICIRCLE.  SEAS 
12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 30 NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 12 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW ROSA NEAR 13.0N 
121.1W.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 30 GUSTS 40 KT WITH SEAS LESS 
THAN 12 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW ROSA NEAR 13.7N 
121.8W.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 25 GUSTS 35 KT WITH SEAS LESS 
THAN 12 FT
.72 HOUR FORECAST  POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW ROSA NEAR 14.3N 
123.0W.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND 20 GUSTS 30 KT WITH SEAS LESS 
THAN 12 FT.

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 WARNINGS...WITHIN 180 NM N AND 120 NM S 
SEMICIRCLES OF ROSA  WINDS TO 33 KT.  SEAS TO 11 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  WITHIN 180 NM N AND 120 NM S SEMICIRCLES OF 
ROSA  WINDS 20 TO 30 KT.  SEAS TO 10 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST  WITHIN 120 NM N SEMICIRCLE OF REMNANT LOW 
ROSA  WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 10 FT.

.ELSEWHERE FROM 15N TO 20N W OF 130W  NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.  
SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  FROM 13N TO 17N W OF 134W  NE WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  FROM 11N TO 24N W OF 135W  WINDS 20 KT OR 
LESS.  SEAS TO 8 FT IN NW SWELL.

.12 HOUR FORECAST  LOW PRES AT 15N110W DRIFT N.  WITHIN 120 NM 
NE QUADRANT OF LOW PRES  WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  LOW PRES NEAR 17N120W.  LITTLE CHANGE IN 
WINDS OR SEAS.

.48 HOUR FORECAST  GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC WITHIN 90 NM OF COAST  N 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 1500 UTC NOV 3...

.T.S. ROSA...NUMEROUS MODERATE TO STRONG WITHIN 120 NM E 
QUADRANT.

.SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG WITHIN 120 NM E SEMICIRCLE OF LOW 
PRES AT 16N110W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
MONSOON TROUGH FROM 09N84W TO 08N94W TO 14N108W THEN RESUMES 
FROM T.S. ROSA TO 09N125W.  ITCZ EXTENDS FROM 09N126W TO 07N133W 
TO 09N140W.  SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 60 NM S OF AXIS E OF 86W. 
SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 90 NM OF AXIS W OF 
130W.

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.FORECASTER WALLY BARNES.  NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.