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FZPN03 KNHC 282121
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2230 UTC SUN FEB 28 2016

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 SUN FEB 28.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC MON FEB 29.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC TUE MAR 01.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.WITHIN 60 NM OF LINE FROM 16N95W TO 12N97W... INCLUDING THE
GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12
FT.ELSEWHERE WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY A LINE FROM 16N95W TO 12N93W
TO 03.4S96W TO 04N110W TO 15N110W TO 16N95W WINDS 20 KT OR
LESS. SEAS TO 11 FT IN MIXED NE...SW AND NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS
LESS THAN 8 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY A LINE FROM
11N91W TO 03N91W TO 03.4N96W TO 03.4S100W TO 13N100W TO 11N91W
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 10 FT IN MIXED NE...SW AND NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY A LINE FROM 11N92W TO
03.4S94W TO 00N123W TO 13N120W TO 11N92W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.
SEAS TO 10 FT IN MIXED NE...SW AND NW SWELL. 

.WITHIN 120 NM OF LINE FROM 11.5N86W TO 09N91W...INCLUDING THE
GULFS OF PAPAGAYO AND FONSECA...NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO
12 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 60 NM OF LINE FROM 11.5N86W TO
10N91W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.
SEAS TO 9 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 12N E OF 88W...INCLUDING THE GULF
OF PAPAGAYO...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

.WITHIN 90 NM OF LINE FROM 08N79W TO 02N81W...INCLUDING THE GULF
OF PANAMA...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.N OF 27N BETWEEN 118W AND 122W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 12 FT
PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 30N116W TO
20N108W TO 03N108W TO 00N122W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 11 FT
IN MIXED S AND NW SWELL. 
.W OF LINE FROM 30N116W TO 13N100W TO 03.4S100W WINDS 20 KT OR
LESS. SEAS TO 10 FT IN MIXED S AND NW SWELL.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY A LINE FROM 30N128W TO
30N116W TO 23N115W TO 03N130W TO 03N140W TO 20N140W TO 30N128W
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED S AND NW SWELL.

.36 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT JUST W OF AREA. W OF LINE FROM
30N137W TO 28N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN NW
SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT N OF AREA. W OF LINE FROM 30N135W
TO 27N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL.
 
.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 

CONVECTION VALID 2100 UTC SUN FEB 28...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...          

SURFACE TROUGH FROM 05N90W TO 03N103W. ITCZ FROM 03N103W TO
04N119W TO 01N126W TO 02N140W. ISOLATED MODERATE CONVECTION
WITHIN 90 NM EITHER SIDE OF TROUGH. NO SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION
ALONG ITCZ.

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.FORECASTER FORMOSA. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.