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FZPN03 KNHC 232114
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST                                            
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL                           
2230 UTC SAT MAR 23 2013

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 SAT MAR 23.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SUN MAR 24.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC MON MAR 25.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.N OF 24N BETWEEN 118W AND 130W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 9 TO 
11 FT IN N SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 23N W OF 115W...AND NW OF LINE 
FROM 23N118W TO 20N130W TO 08N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 
TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 20N BETWEEN 115N AND 130W...AND FROM 17N 
TO 20N BETWEEN 115W AND 135W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 FT 
PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 

.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 14.5 BETWEEN 94W AND 96W...INCLUDING THE 
GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...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 2030 UTC SAT MAR 23... 

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... 

THE MONSOON TROUGH AND THE ITCZ AXIS ARE VERY WEAK AND THEY ARE 
NOT DISCERNIBLE ON THE 1800 UTC MAP. AS IT IS NORMAL FOR THIS 
TIME OF THE YEAR A SECOND ITCZ IS PRESENT SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR. 
TWO DISTINCT INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONES ARE SOMETIMES 
PRESENT IN SPRING. 
 
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.FORECASTER GR. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.