000
FZPN03 KNHC 201500
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC TUE SEP 20 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 TUE SEP 20.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC WED SEP 21.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC THU SEP 22.

.WARNINGS.

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...
.TROPICAL STORM PAINE NEAR 26.1N 117.0W 1002 MB AT 1500 UTC SEP
20 MOVING N OR 360 DEG AT 12 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT
GUSTS 50 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 80 NM NE
QUADRANT...70 NM SE QUADRANT...30 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 50 NM NW
QUADRANT.  SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 120 NM E SEMICIRCLE...60
NM SW QUADRANT AND 90 NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 21 FT.
ELSEWHERE WITHIN 120 NM OF CENTER WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO
12 FT. REMAINDER OF AREA FROM 20N TO 28N BETWEEN 112W AND 122W
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST POST-TROPICAL REMNANT LOW PAINE NEAR 29.2N
116.1W. OVER FORECAST WATERS WITHIN 60 NM OF CENTER WINDS 20 TO
25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST POST-TROPICAL PAINE NEAR 30.2N 115.2W. WINDS
20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST...DISSIPATED.

FORECAST WINDS IN AND NEAR ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES SHOULD BE
USED WITH CAUTION DUE TO UNCERTAINTY IN FORECAST TRACK...SIZE
AND INTENSITY.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.N OF 15N BETWEEN 94.5W AND 95.5W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF
TEHUANTEPEC...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.06 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.18 HOUR FORECAST N OF 15N BETWEEN 94.5W AND 95.5W...INCLUDING
THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8
FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 15N BETWEEN 94.5W AND 95.5W...INCLUDING
THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8FT.
.30 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.S OF 03S W OF 115W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF A LINE FROM 03.4S119W TO 05N114W TO
05N104W TO 03.4S94W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN SW
SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 03N TO 10N BETWEEN 100W AND 115W WINDS 20
KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 FT IN SW SWELL.

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 1500 UTC TUE SEP 20...

.TROPICAL STORM PAINE...SCATTERED MODERATE FROM 23N TO 27N
BETWEEN 113W AND 117W. 

.TROPICAL WAVE AXIS NEAR 108W FROM 05N TO 16N. SCATTERED
MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG FROM 06N TO 16N BETWEEN 104W AND 111W.

.SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG FROM 14N TO 17N BETWEEN 98W
AND 103W. 

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
MONSOON TROUGH FROM 10N85W TO LOW PRES NEAR 09N108W TO 11N140W.
SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG FROM 07N TO 10N E OF 86W.
SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 90 NM S OF THE MONSOON TROUGH BETWEEN
98W AND 102W. SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 90 NM N OF THE MONSOON
TROUGH BETWEEN 120W AND 128W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG
WITHIN 90 NM EITHER SIDE OF THE MONSOON TROUGH W OF 132W. 

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.FORECASTER AL. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.