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FZPN03 KNHC 090333
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC WED MAR 09 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC WED MAR 09.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU MAR 10.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FRI MAR 11.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.
 
.COLD FRONT FROM 24N106.5W TO 20N110W TO 17N120W. N OF FRONT
BETWEEN 110W AND 120W NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 10 TO 20
FT IN NW SWELL. SE OF FRONT TO 17N AND 107W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.
SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 20N W OF 120W WINDS
20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 16 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST E OF 125W. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 90 NM OF W COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA N
OF 23N NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL.
ELSEWHERE N OF 15N BETWEEN 102W AND 127W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.
SEAS 8 TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 04N BETWEEN 99W AND 120W WINDS 20 KT OR
LESS. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL.

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA COLD FRONT FROM 24N106.5W TO BEYOND 20N110W.
N OF FRONT TO 24N NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW
SWELL. N OF 27N NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.18 HOUR FORECAST FRONT DISSIPATED S OF AREA. GULF OF CALIFORNIA
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 26N TO 29.5N NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 
.42 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.FROM 14N TO 20N W OF 119W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 11 TO
12 FT IN NW SWELL. FROM 04N TO 08N W OF 129W NE WINDS 20 TO 25
KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 20N W OF 110W
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL. S OF 10N
BETWEEN 95W AND 110W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN
MERGING NW AND SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST EXCEPT AS NOTED ABOVE...S OF 21N TO LINE FROM
18N102W TO 14N101W TO 02N120W TO 00N130W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 20N W OF 120W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.
SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.   

.06 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT NW OF AREA. NW OF LINE FROM 30N135W
TO 27.5N140W S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N136W TO 26.5N140W. BETWEEN
FRONT AND LINE FROM 30N130W TO 25.5N140W SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.
SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. NW OF FRONT WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 10 TO 12
FT IN NW SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST WEAK COLD FRONT FROM 30N130W TO 21.5N140W.
SECOND COLD FRONT FROM 30N135W TO 26N140W. WITHIN 120 NM SE OF
FIRST FRONT N OF 26N SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 10 FT. W OF
SECOND FRONT NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 12 TO 17 FT IN NW SWELL.
ELSEWHERE NW OF LINE FROM 30N121W TO 21N140W 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 0230 UTC TUE MAR 9...

.SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG FROM 14N TO COAST BETWEEN
98.5W AND 101W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...          

TROUGH FROM 09N86W TO 03.5N103W. ITCZ FROM 04N110W TO 02N120W TO
BEYOND 00N130W. WIDELY SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG
CONVECTION NOTED WITHIN 150 NM N OF TROUGH BETWEEN 94W AND 103W.
SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION NOTED FROM 01.5N TO 05N
W OF 136W. 
 
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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.