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FZPN03 KNHC 180915
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
1030 UTC FRI MAR 18 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC FRI MAR 18.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SAT MAR 19.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SUN MAR 20.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.WEAKENING COLD FRONT FROM 30N136W TO 26N140W. W OF FRONT WINDS
20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST NW PART. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST DISSIPATING STATIONARY FRONT FROM 30N133W TO
26N140W. W OF FRONT WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 11 TO 13 FT IN NW
SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF A LINE FROM 30N128W TO 16N139W WINDS 20 KT
OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST NEW COLD FRONT FROM 30N134W TO 25N140W. W OF
FRONT WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL.
ELSEWHERE W OF A LINE FROM 30N118W TO 06N136W 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 0900 UTC FRI MAR 18...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...       

NORTHERN ITCZ AXIS EXTENDS FROM 07N92W TO 04N110W TO 04N125W.
SOUTHERN ITCZ AXIS EXTENDS FROM 01S105W TO 02S120W. ISOLATED
MODERATE WITHIN 90 NM N OF NORTHERN AXIS BETWEEN 111W AND
120W...AND S OF EQUATOR W OF 110W.

$$
.FORECASTER HUFFMAN. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.