000
FZPN03 KNHC 181546
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC WED NOV 18 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 NOV 18.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC THU NOV 19.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC FRI NOV 20.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.LOW PRES NEAR 13.5N107.5W 1005 MB STATIONARY. WITHIN 420 NM SE
AND 270 NM SW QUADRANTS WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.
WITHIN 210 NM NW QUADRANT WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES...POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE...NEAR
14N109W 1004 MB. WITHIN 210 NM S SEMICIRCLE AND 150 NM NW
QUADRANT WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES...POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE...NEAR
16N111W 1004 MB. WITHIN 150 NM OF CENTER WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS
8 TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 06N TO 15N BETWEEN 108W AND 118W
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED SWELL.

.FROM 15N TO 26.5N W OF 125W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 14
FT. FROM 11N TO 20N BETWEEN 116W AND 125W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.
SEAS 9 TO 15 FT. N OF 26.5N BETWEEN 120W AND 132W N TO NE WINDS
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT. ELSEWHERE NW OF LINE FROM
02.5N140W TO 07N115W TO 07N99W TO 14N106W TO 20N106W TO 23N109W
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED SWELL.  
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 10N W OF 120W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.
SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN MIXED SWELL. FROM 08N TO 25N BETWEEN 110W AND
120W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY LINE FROM 30N130W TO
30N118W TO 12N125W TO 09N140W TO 23N140W TO 30N130W WINDS 20 KT
OR LESS. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED SWELL.

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA FROM 23N TO 29N NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.
SEAS TO 9 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 20N TO 24N BETWEEN 107.5W AND111.5W
N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 25N NW TO N WINDS 20TO
25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.24 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC N OF 14.5N BETWEEN 94.5W
AND 95.5W N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 45 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 16.5N95W
TO 15N95W TO 13N96.5W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO
NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT.

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

CONVECTION VALID 1515 UTC WED NOV 18... 

.LOW PRES NEAR 13.5N107.5W...SCATTERED STRONG WITHIN 210 NM NW
QUADRANT.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...       
MONSOON TROUGH AXIS EXTENDS FROM LOW PRES 1006 MB IN SW
CARIBBEAN NEAR 11.5N81.5W TO 09N90W TO LOW PRES 1005 MB NEAR
13.5N107.5W TO 11N117W TO LOW PRES 1007 MB NEAR 11.5N126W TO
08N130W...WHERE IT TRANSITIONS TO ITCZ...CONTINUING ON TO
07.5N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION IS OBSERVED
WITHIN 330 NM S OF THE TROUGH E OF 106W...AND WITHIN 120 NM
EITHER SIDE OF TROUGH BETWEEN 114W AND 130W.

$$
.FORECASTER STRIPLING. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.