000 FZPN03 KNHC 230931 HSFEP2 HIGH SEAS FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1030 UTC SUN DEC 23 2012 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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 0600 UTC SUN DEC 23. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC MON DEC 24. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC TUE DEC 25. .WARNINGS. ...GALE WARNING... .WITHIN 45 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 16N95W TO 15N95W TO 13.5N96.5W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 30 TO 40 KT. SEAS 11 TO 16 FT. .12 HOUR FORECAST WINDS BELOW GALE FORCE. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .EXCEPT AS NOTED IN WARNINGS...WITHIN 120 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 16N95W TO 15N95W TO 09N100W TO 09N110W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 10 TO 14 FT. FROM 06N TO 10N BETWEEN 92W AND 98W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 13 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 14N BETWEEN 90W AND 110W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL. .12 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 45 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 16N95W TO 15N95W TO 14N96W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. FROM 06N TO 10N BETWEEN 90W AND 99W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 14N BETWEEN 90W AND 110W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL. .24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 30 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 16N95W TO 15N95W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. FROM 07N TO 09N BETWEEN 92W AND 97W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 11 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 12N BETWEEN 90W AND 100W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN A BROAD MIX OF SWELL. .42 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .FROM 20N TO 23N BETWEEN 117W AND 120W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 11 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL. FROM 08N TO 12N BETWEEN 125W AND 130W NE TO E WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 11 TO 14 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 08N TO 20N W OF 125W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 11 TO 14 FT IN MIXED NE WIND WAVES AND NW SWELL. REMAINDER OF AREA N OF 04N W OF 110W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 14 FT IN PRIMARILY NW SWELL...HIGHEST N OF 20N W OF 120W. .24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 24N E OF 117W NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. FROM 08N TO 12N BETWEEN 131W AND 136W NE TO E WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 11 TO 13 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 08N TO 20N W OF 116W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 11 TO 13 FT IN MIXED NE WIND WAVES AND NW SWELL. REMAINDER OF AREA W OF A LINE FROM 23N110W TO 12N100W TO 00N100W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN PRIMARILY NW SWELL. .48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 24N E OF 116W NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 23N E OF 126W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL. FROM 08N TO 19N W OF 119W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT IN MIXED NE WIND WAVES AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 23N W OF A LINE FROM 23N110W TO 10N95W TO 00N95W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN PRIMARILY NW SWELL...EXCEPT PRIMARILY SW SWELL E OF 100W. .WITHIN 60 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 13N88W TO 12N89W... INCLUDING THE GULF OF FONSECA...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. .18 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .WITHIN 60 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 11N86W TO 09N90W... INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .12 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 120 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 11N86W TO 09N90W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 75 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 11N86W TO 09N89W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. .42 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .WITHIN 45 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 09N79W TO 05N80.5W... INCLUDING THE GULF OF PANAMA...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. .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 0900 UTC DEC 23... .SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 240 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 14N126W TO 25N118W. .INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... THE MONSOON TROUGH IS ALONG 06N77W TO 06N83W. THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE AXIS EXTENDS FROM 06N83W TO 06N105W TO 09N125W TO 08N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 300 NM N OF ITCZ BETWEEN 121W AND 126W. $$ .FORECASTER LEWITSKY. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.