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FZPN03 KNHC 201532
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST                                               
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL                          
1630 UTC WED MAY 20 2015

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC WED MAY 20.                            
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC THU MAY 21.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC FRI MAY 22.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.TROUGH FROM 15N131W TO LOW PRES NEAR 08N136W 1009 MB AND TO 
04N136W. WITHIN 60 NM OF LINE FROM 12N126W TO 14N127W...AND FROM 
11N TO 15N BETWEEN 132W AND 139W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 8 
FT PRIMARILY IN NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH FROM 15N134W TO LOW PRES NEAR 08N138W 
1008 MB AND TO 04N138W. WITHIN 60 NM OF TROUGH FROM 13N TO 15N 
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 8 FT IN MIXED NE AND S SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH FROM 15N137W TO LOW PRES NEAR 08N137W 
1008 MB TO 04N138W. FROM 11N TO 16N BETWEEN 123W AND 133W WINDS 
20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 8 FT IN MIXED NE...S AND NW SWELL.

.18 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 30N SW WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.36 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT.

.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 02S BETWEEN 98W AND 120W WINDS 20 KT OR 
LESS. SEAS TO 9 FT IN BUILDING S TO SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF LINE FROM 01N120W TO 04N105W TO 03.4S84W
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN S TO SW SWELL.
 
.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

CONVECTION VALID 1515 UTC WED MAY 20...
.LOW PRES NEAR 08N136W 1009 MB. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED 
STRONG WITHIN 120 NM NW QUADRANT.

.TROUGH FROM 12N112W TO 04N115W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED 
STRONG WITHIN 60 NM OF TROUGH FROM 04N TO 08N. 

.SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 30 NM OF LINE 
FROM 04N77.5W TO 04N81W...AND WITHIN 45 NM OF 07N83W.

.SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 45 NM OF 07N79W AND 03N86W...AND 
WITHIN 30 NM OF LINE FROM 11N127W TO 12N129W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...                
THE MONSOON TROUGH IS PRESENTLY NOT EVIDENT. THE ITCZ AXIS 
EXTENDS FROM 08N90W TO 07N101W TO 07N113W...THEN RESUMES FROM 
08N116W TO 08N127W TO 07N135W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED 
STRONG IS WITHIN 120 NM N AND 240 NM S OF THE AXIS BETWEEN 111W 
AND 113W...AND ALSO BETWEEN 116W AND 130W. SIMILAR CONVECTION IS 
WITHIN 240 NM S OF THE ITCZ BETWEEN 130W AND 135W. SCATTERED 
MODERATE IS WITHIN 60 NM N AND 240 NM S OF THE ITCZ BETWEEN 90W 
AND 95W.

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.FORECASTER AGUIRRE. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.