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FZPN03 KNHC 230915
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
1030 UTC WED MAR 23 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 WED MAR 23.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC THU MAR 24.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC FRI MAR 25.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.
 
.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.N OF 14N BETWEEN 94W AND 96W... INCLUDING THE GULF OF
TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.
ELSEWHERE FROM 01N TO 14N BETWEEN 93W AND 112W WINDS 20 KT OR
LESS. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN MIXED NE...SW AND NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST CONDITIONS MERGED BELOW. 

.N OF 28N BETWEEN E OF 117W TO THE COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA
NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL.
ELSEWHERE W OF A LINE FROM 30N115.5W TO 22N111W TO 08N112W TO
00N123W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW
SWELL...HIGHEST N OF 25N BETWEEN 117W AND 123W. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST W OF A LINE FROM 30N115.5W TO 17N106W TO
10N97W TO 03.4S96W...EXCEPT N OF 23N W OF 127W WINDS 20 KT OR
LESS. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 17N BETWEEN 97W AND 137W...AND N OF 28N
BETWEEN 120W AND 130W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT
IN MIXED SW AND NW SWELL.

.WITHIN 90 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 11N86W TO
09.5N90W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT.
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN MIXED NE AND SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE FROM 05N TO
12N BETWEEN 87W AND 93W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 9 FT IN
MIXED NW AND SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 12.5N E OF 89W...INCLUDING THE
GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10.5N TO 11.5N E OF 87W...INCLUDING THE
GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8
FT.

.N OF 05.5N BETWEEN 78W AND 81W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF
PANAMA...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.18 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF PANAMA WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS
THAN 8 FT.

.06 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 30N NW WINDS 20 TO 25
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA 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 0830 UTC WED MAR 23...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...      

NORTHERN ITCZ FROM 06N90W TO 04N115W TO 04N130W TO 04N140W.
SOUTHERN ITCZ FROM 04S87W TO 00N110W TO BEYOND 02S120W.
SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 120 NM OF ITCZ BETWEEN 131W AND
138W...AND WITHIN 60 NM OF ITCZ BETWEEN 96W AND 103W.
 
$$
.FORECASTER LATTO. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.