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FZPN03 KNHC 172132
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
2230 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC THU MAR 17.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC FRI MAR 18.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SAT MAR 19.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.COLD FRONT FROM 30N138W TO 27N140W. N OF 29N WITHIN 90 NM E OF
FRONT SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.12 HOUR WEAKENING COLD FRONT FROM 30N135W TO 27N140W. W OF
FRONT WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST
NW. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT FROM 30N133W TO
27N137W TO 26N140W. W OF FRONT WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 10 TO
13 FT IN NW SWELL. SE OF FRONT TO A LINE FROM 30N132W TO 25N136W
TO 20N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL...
EXCEPT 11 TO 13 FT NW OF A LINE FROM 30N137W TO 28N140W.
.30 HOUR FORECAST DISSIPATING STATIONARY FRONT FROM 30N133W TO
28N137W TO 26N140W. W OF FRONT WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 11 TO
13 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF A LINE FROM 30N130W TO 25N134W
TO 17N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH TO MERGE WITH THE DISSIPATING
STATIONARY FRONT FROM 30N135W TO 26N140W. W OF TROUGH WINDS 20
KT OR LESS. SEAS 10 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF A LINE
FROM 30N122W TO 20N129W TO 07N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8
TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL...EXCEPT 10 TO 11 FT FAR NW.

.S OF 14N BETWEEN 101W AND 122W AND FROM 04N TO 09N W OF 122W
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 60 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM
07N137W TO 06N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 8 FT IN NW SWELL.
.30 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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

CONVECTION VALID 2115 UTC THU MAR 17...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...       

ITCZ AXIS EXTENDS FROM 07N88W TO 05N100W TO 04N110W TO 04N120W
TO 03N130W. SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 60 NM OF AXIS BETWEEN
114W AND 116W.

$$
.FORECASTER AGUIRRE. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.