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FZPN03 KNHC 230900
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC SAT APR 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 SAT APR 23.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SUN APR 24.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC MON APR 25.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.N OF 29N E OF 117W NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. W OF A
LINE FROM 30N125W TO 18N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 12
FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST NEAR 30N135W. FROM 08N TO 18N
W OF 122W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 28N BETWEEN 116W AND 120W NW WINDS 20 TO
25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT IN FRESH NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 06N W
OF A LINE FROM 06N122W TO 24N122W TO 29N114W WINDS 20 KT OR
LESS. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY 30N130W TO 30N116W TO
24N112W TO 05N131W TO 05N140W TO 21N140W TO 30N130W WINDS 20 KT
OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL...EXCEPT 10 TO 12
FT N OF 27N BETWEEN 116W AND 124W.

.GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC N OF 15N BETWEEN 94.5W AND 95.5W N WINDS 20
TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.06 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC N OF 14N BETWEEN 94W AND
96W N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.
.12 HOUR FORECAST FROM 13.5N TO 15N BETWEEN 94W AND 96W WINDS 20
KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 FT IN MIXED NE AND SW SWELL.
.15 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC N OF 15N BETWEEN 94.5W AND
95.5W N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.30 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 0900 UTC SAT APR 23... 

.SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG N OF 06N E OF 80W...
INCLUDING THE GULF OF PANAMA.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... 
         
TROUGH FROM 09N84W TO 05N94W TO 05N107W. ITCZ FROM 05N107W TO
05N125W TO 06N137W. SCATTERED MODERATE FROM 03N TO 09N BETWEEN
85W AND 92W...FROM 06N TO 09N BETWEEN 97W AND 101W...AND FROM
06N TO 09N BETWEEN 121W AND 125W.

$$
.FORECASTER LEWITSKY. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.