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FZPN03 KNHC 010248
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
0430 UTC FRI APR 01 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC FRI APR 01.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT APR 02.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN APR 03.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.COLD FRONT FROM 30N133W TO 25N140W. W OF A LINE FROM 30N130W TO
13N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL. TROUGH
FROM 08N123W TO 02N127W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. FROM 09N TO 12N
BETWEEN 120W AND 126W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN
MIXED NE WIND WAVES AND SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N130W TO 26N137W THEN
STATIONARY TO 25N140W. TROUGH FROM 05N127W TO 02N133W. W OF A
LINE FROM 30N124W TO 10N117W TO 03N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL.
.30 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N129W TO 26N137W THEN
STATIONARY TO 25N140W. TROUGH FROM 04N129W TO 01N136W. 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 30N123W TO 10N117W TO 03N140W
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT FROM 30N129W TO
26N140W. TROUGH FROM 04N133W TO 01N139W. W OF A LINE FROM
30N119W TO 10N116W TO 02N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 11
FT IN NW SWELL. FROM 23N TO 27N BETWEEN 118W AND 122W WINDS 20
KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 FT IN MIXED SW AND SW SWELL.

.WITHIN 90 MILES NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM 19N109W TO 21N112W NW
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.12 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 0200 UTC FRI APR 01...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...

ITCZ AXIS FROM 03N108W TO 06N122W TO 01N127W TO 00N140W.
SCATTERED MODERATE FROM 01N TO 05N BETWEEN 95W AND 105W AND
ALSO FROM 03N AND 06N BETWEEN 112W AND 120W.

$$
.FORECASTER MCELROY. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.