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FZPN03 KNHC 020300
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST                                               
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL                           
0430 UTC MON DEC 02 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 MON DEC 02.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC TUE DEC 03.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC WED DEC 04.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.WITHIN 30 NM OF LINE FROM 16N95W TO 14N96W...INCLUDING THE
GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS TO 10
FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY LINE FROM 15N95W TO 
10N95W TO 03N103W TO 11N124W TO 15N95W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.
SEAS TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN MIXED NE...S AND NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 05N TO 10N BETWEEN 105W AND 110W WINDS
20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 8 FT PRIMARILY IN MIXED NW AND S SWELL.
.30 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.TROUGH FROM 14N125W TO 25N129W. FROM 22N TO 27N BETWEEN 125W
AND 138W AND FROM 16N TO 22N BETWEEN 115W AND 120W NE TO E WINDS
20 TO 30 KT. SEAS TO 11 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY A 
LINE FROM 30N140W TO 30N130W TO 22N115W TO 15N115W TO 10N140W
TO 30N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN
MIXED NW...NE AND SE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES 21N132W 1010 MB. FORECAST WATERS 
WITHIN 660 NM NW QUADRANT OF LOW NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY A LINE FROM 
30N140W TO 29N130W TO 23N125W TO 10N140W TO 30N140W WINDS 20 
KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN MIXED NW...NE AND SE
SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES 21N132W 1011 MB. WITHIN AREA BOUNDED
BY A LINE FROM 26N140W TO 26N133W TO 22N140W TO 26N140W NE TO E 
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN MIXED NE AND SE 
SWELL.  

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA FROM 25N TO 28N NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS
LESS THAN 8 FT.
.06 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 0300 UTC MON DEC 02...

.SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 30 NM OF LINE FROM
17N117W TO 22N115W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...               
MONSOON TROUGH FROM 06N77W TO 09N84W TO 05N95W TO 10N114W...
THEN RESUMES FROM 19N117W TO 11N130W. ITCZ FROM 11N130W TO
08N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 30 NM OF
OF 07N90W AND 08N105W AND WITHIN 90 NM OF LINE FROM 17N121W
TO 12N124W TO 06N137W.
 
$$ 

ON TUESDAY DECEMBER 03 2013 AT 1800 UTC THE 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 THE TROPICAL EASTERN PACIFIC CURRENTLY DESCRIBED AS E PACIFIC 
FROM THE EQUATOR TO 30N E OF 140W WILL BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE 
THE 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 NELSON. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.