000 FZPN03 KNHC 060248 HSFEP2 HIGH SEAS FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 0430 UTC SAT SEP 6 2014 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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 0000 UTC SAT SEP 06. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN SEP 07. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC MON SEP 08. .WARNINGS. ...HURRICANE WARNING... .HURRICANE NORBERT NEAR 24.2N 112.8W 961 MB AT 0300 UTC SEP 06 MOVING NW OR 320 DEG AT 8 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 95 KT GUSTS 115 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 90 NM W SEMICIRCLE...110 NM NE QUADRANT AND 100 NM SE QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 120 NM NE...270 NM SE...150 NM SW AND 180 NM NW QUADRANTS WITH SEAS TO 32 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 240 NM E AND 180 NM W SEMICIRCLES WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. REMAINDER AREA WITHIN 420 NM NW...300 NM SW...AND 480 NM SE QUADRANTS WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED SWELL. .24 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE NORBERT NEAR 25.6N 114.9W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 80 KT GUSTS 100 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 120 NM NE...100 NM SE...80 NM SW AND 90 NM NW QUADRANTS. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 150 NM OF CENTER WITH SEAS TO 24 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 180 NM OF CENTER...EXCEPT 240 NM SE QUADRANT WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. REMAINDER AREA N OF 21N BETWEEN 110W AND 123W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED SWELL. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM NORBERT NEAR 27.3N 117.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 50 KT GUSTS 60 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 60 NM NW AND SE QUADRANTS...80 NM NE QUADRANT AND 50 NM SW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 90 NM OF CENTER WITH SEAS TO 18 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 120 NM NE AND 180 NM SW SEMICIRCLES WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. REMAINDER AREA N OF 23N BETWEEN 114W AND 122W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED SWELL. .72 HOUR FORECAST POST-TROPICAL NORBERT NEAR 29.0N 117.5W. 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 NORBERT NEAR 29.5N 117.5W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 25 KT GUSTS 35 KT. .120 HOUR FORECAST POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW NORBERT NEAR 29.5N 117.5W. 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. .REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. CONVECTION VALID 0200 UTC SAT SEP 6... .HURRICANE NORBERT...NUMEROUS MODERATE TO STRONG WITHIN 90 NM OF CENTER. .INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... DISCONTINUOUS MONSOON TROUGH FROM 08N78W TO 11N93W TO 08N103W TO 10N11W...THEN FROM 15N113W TO 10N130W. ITCZ AXIS FROM 10N130W TO 10N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 240 NM S OF AXIS BETWEEN 85W AND 89W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 120 NM S OF AXIS BETWEEN 91W AND 97W. SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 60 NM S OF TROUGH BETWEEN 114W AND 128W. $$ .FORECASTER MUNDELL. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.