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FZPN03 KNHC 020935
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST                                               
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL                           
1030 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC MON DEC 02.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC TUE DEC 03.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC WED DEC 04.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.WITHIN 30 NM OF LINE FROM 16N95W TO 14N96W...INCLUDING GULF OF
TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 10 FT. FROM
07N TO 12N BETWEEN 95W AND 115W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 9 FT
IN MIXED NE...S AND NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.WEAK LOW PRES 1012 MB AT 22N129W EMBEDDED IN TROUGH FROM
18N127W TO 27N132W.  N OF 20N W OF 125W  NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT.
SEAS 9 TO 13 FT.  ELSEWHERE 17N TO 23N BETWEEN 115W TO 124W 
E TO SE  WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN MIXED NW
...NE AND SE SWELL.  ELSEWHERE FROM 10N TO 22N W OF 115W  WINDS
20 KT OR LESS.  SEAS TO 8 FT.  
.24 HOUR FORECAST  LOW PRES CENTER 21N132W 1013 MB.  WITHIN 450
NM NW QUADRANT OF CENTER  NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS TO 11 FT.
ELSEWHERE N OF 20N W OF 129W  WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 10 FT
PRIMARILY IN MIXED NW...NE AND SE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  LOW PRES DISSIPATED.  TROUGH FROM 25N130W TO 
17N128W.  WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.  

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA  FROM 25N TO 28N  NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.
SEAS LESS THAN 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 0900 UTC MON DEC 02...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...               
MONSOON TROUGH EXTENDS NW FROM 06N77W TO 08N84W TO 09N86W TO 
06N97W TO 08N113W TO 15N123W TO 08N140W.  SCATTERED MODERATE 
ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 30 NM OF AXIS FROM 90W TO 92W.  SCATTERED
MODERATE WITHIN 90 NM OF AXIS FROM 126W TO 137W. 

$$ 

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 WALLY BARNES.  NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.