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FZPN03 KNHC 181447
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
1630 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC FRI MAR 18.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SAT MAR 19.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN MAR 20.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.WEAKENING COLD FRONT FROM 30N134W TO 25.5N140W. NW OF LINE FROM
30N134W TO 23N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT IN NW
SWELL...HIGHEST NW PART. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT FROM 30N136W TO
26.5N140W. NW OF FRONT WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 11 TO 12 FT IN
NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 30N125W TO 12N140W WINDS 20
KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST NEW WEAK COLD FRONT FROM 30N135W TO 27N140W.
DISSIPATING COLD FRONT FROM 30N132W TO 24N140W. NW OF FRONTS
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF
LINE FROM 30N117W TO 10N127W TO 03.5N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.
SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL...EXCEPT 8 TO 11 FT IN MIXED NW AND
NE SWELL S OF 14N.

.WITHIN 60 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 11N119W TO 07.5N130W TO
07N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN MIXED NW AND NE
SWELL. S OF 01S W OF 102W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 FT IN
MIXED SW AND NW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 90 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 11N119W
TO 06N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 FT IN MIXED NW AND NE
SWELL. S OF 00.5S W OF 101W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 8 FT IN
MIXED SW AND NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 01S W OF 106W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS
TO 8 FT IN MIXED SW AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE CONDITIONS TO MERGE
WITH AREA OF NW SWELL.

.48 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC N OF 14.5N BETWEEN 94.5N
AND 95.5W N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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

CONVECTION VALID 1330 UTC FRI MAR 18...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...       

NORTHERN ITCZ EXTENDS FROM 06N94W TO 06N106W TO 03N115W TO
04.5N125W TO BEYOND 04N140W. SOUTHERN ITCZ EXTENDS FROM 03S103W
TO 00.5S124W TO 04S140W. WIDELY SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG
WITHIN 120 NM N OF NORTHERN AXIS W OF 110W. WIDELY SCATTERED
MODERATE TO STRONG WITHIN 90 NM OF SOUTHERN AXIS W OF 106W.

$$
.FORECASTER STRIPLING. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.