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FZPN03 KNHC 140254
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST                                             
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL                         
0430 UTC THU NOV 14 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC THU NOV 14.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FRI NOV 15.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT NOV 16.

.WARNINGS.

...STORM WARNING...
.WITHIN 45 NM OF LINE FROM 16N95W TO 15N95W TO 14N96W...INCLUDING
GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 40 TO 50 KT.  SEAS 12 TO 18
FT.  ELSEWHERE WITHIN 60 NM OF LINE FROM 16N95W TO 14N96W TO
13N97W TO 12N100W  N TO NE WINDS 30 TO 40 KT.  SEAS 10 TO 15 FT.
REMAINDER OF AREA WITHIN 90 NM OF LINE FROM 16N95W TO 14N95W TO
12N100W TO 12N104W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT.  SEAS 8 TO 12 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  WITHIN 30 NM OF LINE FROM 16N95W TO 15N95W TO
13N97W...INCLUDING GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 30 TO 40
KT.  SEAS 11 TO 16 FT.  ELSEWHERE WITHIN 90 NM OF LINE FROM 
16N95W TO 15N95W TO 12N97W TO 12N110W  NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT.
SEAS 9 TO 14 FT.  REMAINDER AREA 07N TO 12N BETWEEN 92W AND 110W
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.  SEAS TO 11 FT IN MIXED NE AND S SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST  WITHIN 30 NM OF LINE FROM 16N95W TO 14N96W... 
INCLUDING GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 30 TO 35 KT.  SEAS
9 TO 14 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 75 NM OF LINE FROM 16N95W TO 14N96W
TO 13N99W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT.  WITHIN 60
NM OF LINE FROM 13N103W TO 14N109W  E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.
SEAS 8 TO 12 FT.  REMAINDER AREA FROM 06N TO 13N BETWEEN 95W AND
110W  WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 11 FT IN MIXED NE AND S SWELL.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.FROM 10N TO 19N W OF 127W AND N OF 23N FROM 120W TO 127W 
NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 10 FT.  ELSEWHERE FROM 09N TO 20N
W OF 125W  WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.  SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  W OF LINE FROM 30N121W TO 09N140W  NE WINDS
20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL.  ELSEWHERE N OF 08N W
OF 130W  WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.  SEAS TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  NW OF LINE FROM 30N118W TO 16N140W  NE WINDS
20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 10 FT IN MIXED NW AND NE SWELL.  ELSEWHERE
N 0F 10N W OF 128W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL. 

.REMAINDER OF AREA  WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.  SEAS LESS THAN 5 FT. 

CONVECTION VALID 0300 UTC THU NOV 14...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...           
MONSOON TROUGH AXIS FROM 10N85W TO 1007 MB LOW PRES CENTER AT
09N103W TO 09N123W THEN ITCZ TO 09N136W.  SCATTERED MODERATE
WITHIN 150 NM OF AXIS FROM 100W TO 105W AND 1ITHIN 120 NM S OF
AXIS FROM 117W TO 120W.

$$ 

ON TUESDAY DECEMBER 03 2013 AT 1800 UTC TROPICAL ANALYSIS
AND FORECAST BRANCH (TAFB) WILL RECONFIGURE ITS HIGH SEAS
FORECAST AREAS TO ALIGN THEIR BOUNDARIES WITH THE AREAS OF
U.S. FORECAST RESPONSIBILITY IN AGREEMENT WITH THE WORLD 
METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION (WMO).  THE HIGH SEAS FORECAST
AREA IN TROPICAL EASTERN PACIFIC CURRENTLY DESCRIBED AS E
PACIFIC FROM EQUATOR TO 30N E OF 140W WILL BE EXPANDED TO
INCLUDE AREA SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR TO 3.4S EAST OF 120W AND
BE DESCRIBED AS E PACIFIC FROM THE EQUATOR TO 30N E OF
140W AND 3.4S TO THE EQUATOR E OF 120W.

.FORECASTER WALLY BARNES.  NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.