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FZPN03 KNHC 092145
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2230 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC WED MAR 09.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC THU MAR 10.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC FRI MAR 11.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.
 
.DISSIPATING COLD FRONT FROM 20N104W TO 14N110W TO 11N120W. FROM
109W AND 112W NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 15 KT IN NW
SWELL. FROM 15N TO 20N WITHIN 150 NM EITHER SIDE OF FRONT W TO
NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N
OF 15N BETWEEN 102W AND 125W...OUTSIDE GULF OF CALIFORNIA...
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL. REMAINDER OF
AREA BETWEEN 130W AND LINE FROM 15N101W TO 06N110W TO 00N124W
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 01SN W OF 99W TO LINE FROM 30N120W TO
15N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN PRIMARILY NW
SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 02N TO 18N BETWEEN 97W AND 125W WINDS 20
KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN PRIMARILY NW SWELL.

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA COLD FRONT S OF THE AREA. FROM 22N TO 23.5N
E OF 109W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED N AND W
SWELL.
.06 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA FROM 26N TO 30N NW TO N
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.  

.COLD FRONT FROM 31N137W TO 28N140W. BETWEEN FRONT AND LINE FROM
30N132W TO 25N140W S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT IN
NW SWELL. NW OF FRONT W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 13 TO 15
FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N132W TO 24N140W. E OF FRONT
TO LINE FROM 30N126W TO 26N137W SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO
11 FT IN NW SWELL. NW OF FRONT WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 11
FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST NEAR 30N140W. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONTS MERGING FROM 30N128W TO 21N140W. WITHIN
240 NM NW OF FRONT N TO NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 14 FT.
ELSEWHERE NW OF FRONT WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 12 TO 14 FT IN
NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE NW OF LINE FROM 30N116W TO 25N130W 19N140W
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL. 

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

CONVECTION VALID 2115 UTC WED MAR 9...

.TROUGH FROM 17.5N100W TO 12N104W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED
STRONG WITHIN 150 NM E OF TROUGH N OF 14.5N TO INLAND ACROSS
MEXICO. 

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...          

TROUGH FROM 07N88W TO 01N107W. ITCZ EXTENDS FROM 01N110W TO
00N124W TO BEYOND 02S140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG
WITHIN 120 NM NW AND 30 NM SE OF TROUGH BETWEEN 88W AND 96W.
FROM 04N TO 09W BETWEEN 90W AND 95W...AND FROM 03S TO 03N W OF
134W TO BEYOND 140W. 
 
$$
.FORECASTER STRIPLING. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.