000
FZPN03 KNHC 091520
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC SUN MAR 09 2014

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 AND 3.4S TO THE 
EQUATOR E OF 120W

SYNOPSIS VALID 1200 UTC SUN MAR 09.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC MON MAR 10.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC TUE MAR 11.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.STALLING FRONT FROM 30N136W TO 27N140W. W OF A LINE FROM 
30N129W TO 19N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT IN NW 
SWELL...HIGHEST NEAR 30N140W.
.06 HOUR FORECAST STALLING FRONT FROM 30N135W TO 27N140W. W OF 
FRONT N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 11 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE W 
OF LINE 30N127W TO 15N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT 
IN NW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST DISSIPATING STATIONARY FRONT FROM 30N132W TO 
26N140W. W OF FRONT NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN NW 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE 30N119W TO 08N140W WINDS 20 KT OR 
LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT DISSIPATED. N OF 20N BETWEEN 115W AND 
125W AND S OF 20N W OF LINE 20N115W TO 00N133W WINDS 20 KT OR 
LESS. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL. 

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 29N NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT.
.18 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 14N BETWEEN 94W AND 96W...INCLUDING GULF 
OF TEHUANTEPEC...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.30 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 1500 UTC SUN MAR 09...                      

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...                
NO MONSOON TROUGH IS PRESENT. THE ITCZ AXIS EXTENDS FROM 04N101W 
TO 03N109W TO 06N118W TO BEYOND 05N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE 
ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 60 NM OF AXIS BETWEEN 128W AND 132W. 

$$ 
.FORECASTER AL. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.