000 FZPN03 KNHC 230921 HSFEP2 HIGH SEAS FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1030 UTC SAT AUG 23 2014 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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. PAN PAN E PACIFIC FROM THE EQUATOR TO 30N E OF 140W AND 03.4S TO THE EQUATOR E OF 120W SYNOPSIS VALID 0600 UTC SAT AUG 23. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SUN AUG 24. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC MON AUG 25. ...HURRICANE WARNING... HURRICANE KARINA NEAR 16.7N 134.4W 988 MB AT 0900 UTC AUG 23 MOVING NE OR 55 DEG AT 7 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 70 KT GUSTS 85 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 50 NM N SEMICIRCLE AND 60 NM S SEMICIRCLE. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 120 NM OF NE AND SW QUADRANTS 180 SW QUADRANT AND 150 NM NE QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 22 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 180 NM OF CENTER...EXCEPT 240 NM SE QUADRANT WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM KARINA NEAR 18.0N 132.2W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 60 KT GUSTS 75 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 50 NM N SEMICIRCLE 60 NM S SEMICIRCLE. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 120 NM OF CENTER WITH SEAS TO 23 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 120 NM OF CENTER...EXCEPT 180 NM SE QUADRANT WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM KARINA NEAR 19.2N 129.3W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 45 KT GUSTS 55 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 40 NM N SEMICIRCLE AND 50 NM S SEMICIRCLE. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 120 NM OF CENTER WITH SEAS 21 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 120 NM N AND 90 NM 150 S SEMICIRCLES WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .72 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM KARINA NEAR 20.6N 129.2W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 35 KT GUSTS 45 KT. EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE. .96 HOUR FORECAST POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW KARINA NEAR 21.5N 131.5W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 25 KT GUSTS 35 KT. .120 HOUR FORECAST POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW KARINA NEAR 22.0N 133.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 25 KT GUSTS 35 KT. ...HURRICANE WARNING... .HURRICANE MARIE NEAR 14.0N 105.7W 992 MB AT 0900 UTC AUG 23 MOVING WNW OR 285 DEG AT 11 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 65 KT GUSTS 80 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 80 NM NE QUADRANT...50 NM SE QUADRANT...40 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 70 NM NW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 220 NM NE QUADRANT...280 NM SE QUADRANT...220 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 150 NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 20 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 300 NM SE AND 180 NM NW SEMICIRCLES WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE MARIE NEAR 16.6N 113.2W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 125 KT GUSTS 150 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 160 NM NE QUADRANT...140 NM SE QUADRANT...110 NM SW QUADRANT AND 120 NM NW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 300 NM E SEMICIRCLE...120 NM SW...AND 150 NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 27 FT. ELSEWHERE 420 NM E AND 210 NM W SEMICIRCLES WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .48 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE MARIE NEAR 18.9N 116.6W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 115 KT GUSTS 140 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 180 NM NE QUADRANT...160 NM SE QUADRANT...120 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 130 NM NW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 420 NM SE AND 360 NM NW SEMICIRCLES WITH SEAS TO 38 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 480 NM SE AND 300 NM NW SEMICIRCLES WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .72 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE MARIE NEAR 21.3N 120.6W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 90 KT GUSTS 110 KT. EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE. .96 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE MARIE NEAR 21.3N 120.6W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 90 KT GUSTS 110 KT. .120 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE MARIE NEAR 24.1N 125.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 70 KT GUSTS 85 KT. ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING... .TROPICAL STORM LOWELL NEAR 23.4N 126.0W 998 MB AT 0900 UTC AUG 23 MOVING NW OR 310 DEG AT 7 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT GUSTS 50 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 120 NM N SEMICIRCLE...140 NM SE QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 360 NM E SEMICIRCLE AND 300 NM W SEMICIRCLE WITH SEAS TO 21 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOWELL NEAR 25.0N 128.1W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 30 KT GUSTS 40 KT. .48 HOUR FORECAST POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW LOWELL NEAR 26.0N 128.1W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 30 KT GUSTS 40 KT. .72 HOUR FORECAST POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW LOWELL NEAR 27.0N 134.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 30 KT GUSTS 40 KT. EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE. .96 HOUR FORECAST POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW LOWELL NEAR 28.5N 138.5W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 25 KT GUSTS 35 KT. .120 HOUR FORECAST POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW LOWELL NEAR 30.0N 143.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 20 KT GUSTS 30 KT. FORECAST WINDS IN AND NEAR ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES SHOULD BE USED WITH CAUTION DUE TO UNCERTAINTY IN FORECAST TRACK...SIZE AND INTENSITY. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .EXCEPT AS NOTED ABOVE...N OF 27N BETWEEN 130W AND 138W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 08N W OF 115W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN A BROAD MIX OF SWELL. REMAINDER OF AREA S OF 10N BETWEEN 100W AND 125W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MERGING SW AND NW SWELL. .24 HOUR FORECAST EXCEPT AS NOTED ABOVE...N OF 09N W OF 120W AND FROM 10N TO 20N BETWEEN 100W AND 113W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN A BROAD MIX OF SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 10N BETWEEN 100W AND 125W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MERGING SW AND NW SWELL. .48 HOUR FORECAST EXCEPT AS NOTED ABOVE...N OF 10N W OF 124W AND FROM 10N TO 23N BETWEEN 100W AND 119W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN A BROAD MIX OF SWELL. S OF 10N BETWEEN 100W AND 124W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MERGING SW AND NW SWELL. .REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. CONVECTION VALID 0900 UTC SAT AUG 23... .HURRICANE KARINA...NUMEROUS MODERATE TO STRONG WITHIN 45 NM E AND 90 NM W SEMICIRCLES. .TROPICAL STORM MARIE...NUMEROUS MODERATE TO STRONG WITHIN 120 NM OF CENTER. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG ELSEWHERE WITHIN 330 NM SE SEMICIRCLE AND W QUADRANT...AND 240 NM N QUADRANT. .TROPICAL STORM LOWELL...SCATTERED MODERATE BETWEEN 50 NM AND 150 NM NW QUADRANT. .INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... MONSOON TROUGH AXIS EXTENDS FROM 08N78W TO 11N99W. NO ITCZ AXIS E OF 140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 120 NM S OF AXIS FROM 78W TO 82W. $$ .FORECASTER DGS. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.