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FZPN03 KNHC 241534
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
1630 UTC WED AUG 24 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 WED AUG 24.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC THU AUG 25.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC FRI AUG 26.

.WARNINGS.

...GALE WARNING...
.LOW PRES NEAR 14.5N108.5W 1007 MB MOVING W-NW AT 14 KT. WITHIN
150 NM NE SEMICIRCLE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED E
AND SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES...POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE...NEAR
16.5N113W 1006 MB. WITHIN 150 NM NE SEMICIRCLE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT.
SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES...POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE...NEAR
17N115W 1005 MB. WITHIN 90 NM NE SEMICIRCLE WINDS 25 TO 35 KT.
SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 150 NM NE SEMICIRCLE AND 90 NM
SW SEMICIRCLES WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE KAY NEAR 24N123.5W 1014 MB. WITHIN 120 NM
NW SEMICIRCLE WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 8 FT IN MIXED E AND
NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW KAY DISSIPATED.
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.LOW PRES NEAR 11N122W 1007 MB MOVING W AT 11 KT. WITHIN 360 NM
E SEMICIRCLE WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN MIXED S AND
SW SWELL...AND E WIND WAVES NE QUADRANT. ELSEWHERE FROM 01N TO
16N BETWEEN 114W AND 124W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 10 FT IN
MIXED SE AND SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES NEAR 11N128W 1008 MB. FROM 13.5N TO
17N BETWEEN 127W AND 137W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 9
FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES NEAR 12.5N132.5W 1007 MB. WITHIN 300
NM SE SEMICIRCLE S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT.
WITHIN 300 NM NW SEMICIRCLE WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 8 FT IN
MIXED NE AND SW SWELL.

.WITHIN 30 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 16.5N95W TO 14N95.5W...
INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT.
SEAS TO 9 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 30 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM 16.5N95W
TO 14N95W TO 12.5N96W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO
NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST FROM 12N TO 14N BETWEEN 94.5W AND 96.5W WINDS
20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 8 FT IN MIXED N AND SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC N OF 14N BETWEEN 94.5W AND
95.5W N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 1500 UTC WED AUG 24...

.LOW PRES NEAR 14.5N108.5W...SCATTERED TO LOCALLY NUMEROUS
MODERATE TO STRONG WITHIN 300 NM NE AND 150 NM SW SEMICIRCLES.

.LOW PRESSURE NEAR 11N122W...SCATTERED TO LOCALLY NUMEROUS
MODERATE TO STRONG FROM 09N TO 13N BETWEEN 121.5W AND 127W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
MONSOON TROUGH EXTENDS FROM LOW PRES NEAR 09N75W TO 10N81W TO
07N93.5W TO LOW PRES NEAR 14.5N108.5W TO LOW PRES NEAR 11N122W
TO 10N138W...WHERE IT TRANSITIONS TO ITCZ...CONTINUING ON BEYOND
10N140W. WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG
CONVECTION NOTED WITHIN 90 NM N AND 150 NM S OF TROUGH E OF
102W...AND WITHIN 150 NM EITHER SIDE OF TROUGH BETWEEN 116W AND
131W.

$$
.FORECASTER STRIPLING. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.