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FZPN03 KNHC 182111
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2230 UTC THU DEC 18 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 03.4S TO THE 
EQUATOR E OF 120W

SYNOPSIS VALID 1800 UTC THU DEC 18.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC FRI DEC 19.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SAT DEC 20.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.FROM 10N TO 15N W OF 135W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9
TO 11 FT. ELSEWHERE OPEN WATERS W OF 100W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.
SEAS TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN MIXED S AND NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 09N TO 20N W OF 135W NE WINDS 20 TO 25
KT. SEAS 9 TO 10 FT. NW OF LINE FROM 30N121W TO 20N140W WINDS
20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 17 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST
SEAS AT 30N138W. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 30N118W TO 20N110W 
TO 05N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN 
MIXED S AND NW SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 09N TO 21N W OF 122W NE WINDS 20 TO 25
KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 30N116W TO 
10N115W TO 05N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT 
PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL. 

.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

CONVECTION VALID 2100 UTC THU DEC 18...                     

.SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 90 NM OF LINE FROM 07N135W TO 
11N121W TO 20N111W.   

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...             
MONSOON TROUGH FROM 06N77W TO 06N91W. ITCZ FROM 06N91W TO 
05N114W TO 06N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 120 NM OF LINE
FROM 04.5N77W TO 07N86W.

$$
.FORECASTER NELSON. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.