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FZPN03 KNHC 030307
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC TUE DEC 03 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 TUE DEC 03.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC WED DEC 04.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU DEC 05.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.LOW PRES 22N134W 1010 MB. WITHIN 360 NM NW QUADRANT OF CENTER
NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN
AREA BOUNDED BY A LINE FROM 30N140W TO 30N133W TO 23N126W TO 
09N140W TO 30N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED
SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES 21N134W 1012 MB. FROM 21N TO 27N W 
OF 135W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 8 FT IN MIXED SWELL.
.36 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES DISSIPATED. WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS
LESS THAN 8 FT.  

.FROM 05N TO 10N BETWEEN 107W AND 111W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS
TO 8 FT IN MIXED NW...NE AND SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 90 NM OF 09N115W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.
SEAS TO 8 FT IN MIXED NW...NE AND SW SWELL.
.36 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 29N BETWEEN 130W AND 135W WINDS 20 KT OR
LESS. SEAS TO 8 FT IN N SWELL.
 
.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 

CONVECTION VALID 0300 UTC TUE DEC 03...

.LOW PRES 22N134W...SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 150 NM OF 26N130W.

.LOW PRES 08N110W...SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 
30 NM OF LINE FROM 08.5N109W TO 09N114W.

.TROUGH FROM 15N121W TO 21N117W...SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED
STRONG WITHIN 30 NM OF 13.5N119W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...               
MONSOON TROUGH THROUGH 08N78W TO 10N84W TO 06N98W TO LOW PRES
08N110W TO 09N123W. ITCZ AXIS FROM 13N127W TO 07N140W. SCATTERED
MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 60 NM OF LINE FROM 11N129W TO
08N133W.

$$ 

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.