000
FZPN03 KNHC 170245
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
0430 UTC THU MAR 17 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 THU MAR 17.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FRI MAR 18.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT MAR 19.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.W OF A LINE FROM 30N115W TO 14N101W TO 04N105W TO 03.4S120W
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED SW AND NW SWELL
...EXCEPT 10 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL N OF 25N E OF 125W.
.12 HOUR FORECAST S OF LINE FROM 11N140W TO 20N115W TO 10N102W
TO 04N102W TO 02N106W TO 03.4S107W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8
TO 9 FT IN MIXED SW AND NW SWELL. N OF 20N BETWEEN 118W AND
124W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF LINE FROM 09N140W TO 12N125W TO 14N113W
TO 07N98W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN MIXED SW AND NW
SWELL.
.42 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.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.12 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 30N137W TO 27N140W.
W OF FRONT WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST DISSIPATING FRONTAL TROUGH FROM 30N133W TO
27N140W. NW OF FRONT WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW
SWELL...EXCEPT 10 TO 14 FT NW OF A LINE FROM 30N138W TO 29N140W.
SE OF FRONT TO A LINE FROM 30N130W TO 24N134W TO 18N140W 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 0230 UTC THU MAR 17...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...       

FIRST ITCZ AXIS FROM 06N88W TO 05N95W TO 04N108W. SECOND ITCZ
AXIS FROM 01S91W TO 02S109W TO 02S120W. SCATTERED MODERATE
WITHIN 30 NM OF THE FIRST AXIS BETWEEN 90W AND 94W.

$$
.FORECASTER AGUIRRE. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.