000
FZPN03 KNHC 232107
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
2230 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC WED MAR 23.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC THU MAR 24.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC FRI MAR 25.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.
 
.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.FROM 03N TO 06.5N BETWEEN 81W AND 83.5W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.
SEAS TO 8 FT IN MIXED N AND SW SWELL. 
.12 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF PANAMA WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS
THAN 8 FT.

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 27.5N NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS
TO 8 FT.
.06 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 26N NW TO N WINDS 20
TO 30 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.WITHIN 75 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 11.5N86W TO 09N91.5W...
INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO
10 FT IN MIXED NE AND SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 90 NM EITHER
SIDE OF A LINE FROM 11N86W TO 09N91.5W AND FROM 00N TO 13N
BETWEEN 91.5W AND 110W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN
MIXED NE AND NW SWELL.
.06 HOUR FORECAST S OF 13N BETWEEN 95W AND 110W AND FROM 07N TO
11.5N BETWEEN 88W AND 95W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 9 FT IN
MIXED NE AND NW SWELL. 
.12 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 12N E OF 90W...INCLUDING THE GULF
OF PAPAGAYO...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. SEAS
MERGED WITH AREA DESCRIBED NEXT.
.18 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 09.5N TO 11N BETWEEN 87W AND 91W WINDS 20
KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 8 FT IN MIXED NE AND SW SWELL.
.30 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10N TO 11.5N E OF 88W...INCLUDING THE
GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8
FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.W OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA AND W OF 110W WINDS 20 KT OR
LESS. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST N OF 29N E OF 121W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST W OF LINE FROM 03.4S96W TO 10N100W TO
30N118W...EXCLUDING THE AREA N OF 24N W OF 126W...WINDS 20 KT OR
LESS. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 14N BETWEEN 98W AND 137W WINDS 20 KT OR
LESS. SEAS TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.

.36 HOUR FORECAST N OF A LINE FROM 30N121W TO 28N123.5W TO
28N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 25N BETWEEN 117W AND 135W WINDS 20 KT OR
LESS. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL.

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

CONVECTION VALID 2030 UTC WED MAR 23...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...      

NORTHERN ITCZ EXTENDS FROM 04N88W TO 04N113W TO 04N125W
TO04.5N130W TO BEYOND 03N140W. SOUTHERN ITCZ EXTENDS FROM 06S87W
TO 00.5N103W TO BEYOND 00N120W. WIDELY SCATTERED MODERATE
ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION NOTED WITHIN 120 NM EITHER SIDE OF
NORTHERN ITCZ BETWEEN 90W AND 101W. SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG
CONVECTION NOTED FROM 04N TO 08.5N W OF 116W. 
 
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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.