000
FZPN03 KNHC 162101
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
2230 UTC WED MAR 16 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 16.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC THU MAR 17.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC FRI MAR 18.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.W OF A LINE FROM 30N115W TO 15N104W TO 05N105W TO 03.4S120W
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED SW AND NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF LINE FROM 10S140W TO 15N130W TO 14N105W
TO 03.4S101W TO 03.4S120W TO 03N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8
TO 10 FT IN MIXED SW AND NW SWELL. N OF 15N BETWEEN 114W AND 122W
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 14N BETWEEN 97W AND 120W WINDS 20 KT OR
LESS. SEAS 8 FT IN MIXED SW AND NW SWELL. FROM 05N TO 07N W OF 
120W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.

.18 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT TO APPROACH NW CORNER OF AREA. NW
OF A LINE FROM 30N138W TO 28N140W SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO
8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST WEAKENING COLD FRONT FROM 30N138W TO 28N140W.
N OF 29N WITHIN 90 NM E OF FRONT S TO SW 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8
FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST DISSIPATING FRONTAL TROUGH FROM 30N134W TO
26N140W. NW OF FRONT WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW
SWELL...EXCEPT 10 TO 13 FT NW OF A LINE FROM 30N138W TO 29N140W.
SE OF FRONT TO A LINE FROM 29N135W TO 23N140W 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 2030 UTC WED MAR 16...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...       

FIRST ITCZ AXIS FROM 06N88W TO 05N95W TO 04N105W TO 03N116W.
SECOND ITCZ AXIS FROM 05S95W TO 03S112W TO 03S120W. SCATTERED
MODERATE WITHIN 60 NM OF THE FIRST AXIS BETWEEN 88W AND 91W.

$$
.FORECASTER AGUIRRE. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.