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FZPN03 KNHC 231500
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC SAT APR 23.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN APR 24.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 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
LINE FROM 30N123W TO 16N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 11
FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL. FROM 08N TO 11N BETWEEN 123W AND 130W
NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT. ELSEWHERE FROM 07N TO 18N
W OF 120W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED NW AND NE
SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 24N BETWEEN 115.5W AND 129W WINDS 20 KT
OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL. FROM 07N TO 12N W OF 132W
NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 06N W OF
LINE FROM 06N124W TO 16N128W TO 26N115.5W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.
SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN PRIMARILY NW SWELL N OF 20N...AND MIXED NW
AND NE SWELL S OF 20N.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 28N E OF 122W NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.
SEAS 9 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 25N E OF 126W WINDS 20 KT OR
LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL. FROM 06.5N TO 10N W OF 135W
NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM
27N114W TO 22N111W TO 04N134W TO 04.5N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.
SEAS 8 TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL...EXCEPT IN MIXED SWELL S
OF 15N. 

.GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC N OF 13.5N BETWEEN 94W AND 96W N WINDS 20
TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT.
.09 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.S OF 02S BETWEEN 97W AND 105W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 8 FT
IN MIXED SWELL.
.06 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 1430 UTC SAT APR 23... 

.WIDELY SCATTERED MODERATE N OF 14N TO MEXICAN COAST BETWEEN
99W AND 104W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... 
         
TROUGH EXTENDS FROM 10N84.5W TO 05N94W TO 05N104W. ITCZ EXTENDS
FROM 06.5N107W TO 04.5N124W TO BEYOND 07N140W. SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS STRONG FROM 04N TO 09N E OF 88W...INCLUDING GULF OF
PANAMA. WIDELY SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG WITHIN 180 NM OF
TROUGH BETWEEN 91W AND 104W. WIDELY SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG
FROM 04N TO 09N W OF 118W.

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.