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FZPN03 KNHC 312135
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
2230 UTC THU MAR 31 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 31.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC FRI APR 01.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SAT APR 02.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.COLD FRONT FROM 30N132W TO 25N140W. W OF A LINE FROM 30N132W TO
19N139W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL. TROUGH
FROM 08N122W TO 02N123W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 FT IN MIXED
NE WIND WAVES AND SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N131W TO 26N137W THEN
STATIONARY TO 25N140W. TROUGH FROM 03N124W TO 00N134W. W OF A
LINE FROM 30N126W TO 11N117W TO 03N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL.
.36 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N130W TO 26N136W THEN
STATIONARY TO 25N140W. TROUGH FROM 04N129W TO 02N134W. FROM 07N
TO 10N BETWEEN 130W AND 135W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 10
FT. ELSEWHERE W OF A LINE FROM 30N121W TO 11N116W TO 02N140W
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WEAKENING COLD FRONT FROM 30N130W TO 26N136W
THEN STATIONARY TO 26N140W. TROUGH FROM 04N131W TO 01N138W. W OF
A LINE FROM 30N119W TO 10N116W TO 02N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL.

.WITHIN 90 MILES NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM 19N109W TO 21N112W NW
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.06 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 90 MILES NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM
24N113W TO 26N115W NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.18 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 2100 UTC THU MAR 31...

.TROUGH FROM 03.4S102W TO 01S106W. SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 300
NM NW OF A LINE FROM 03N98W TO 3.4S101W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...

ITCZ AXIS FROM 05N106W TO 05N118W TO 01N127W TO 01N140W.
SCATTERED MODERATE FROM 03N TO 06N BETWEEN 112W AND 120W.

$$
.FORECASTER MCELROY. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.