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FZPN03 KNHC 200917
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC THU AUG 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC THU AUG 20.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC FRI AUG 21.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SAT AUG 22.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.FROM 10N TO 13N W OF 138W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 FT IN 
MIXED SE AND NE SWELL.
.12 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 0900 UTC THU AUG 20...

.TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 98W FROM 04N TO 12N. SCATTERED MODERATE TO 
ISOLATED STRONG FROM 05N TO 10N BETWEEN 95W AND 100W.

.TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 105W FROM 05N TO 13N. SCATTERED MODERATE 
WITHIN 90 NM EITHER SIDE OF WAVE AXIS. 

.TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 120W FROM 10N TO 16N. NO SIGNIFICANT 
CONVECTION IS NOTED WITH THIS WAVE.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...            
CURRENTLY THERE IS NOT A WELL DEFINED MONSOON TROUGH OR ITCZ. 
MOST OF THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROPICAL 
WAVES MENTIONED ABOVE.

.FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.