000 FZPN03 KNHC 220936 HSFEP2 HIGH SEAS FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1030 UTC THU DEC 22 2016 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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 THU DEC 22. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC FRI DEC 23. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SAT DEC 24. .WARNINGS. ...GALE WARNING... .WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY 16N95W TO 15N96W TO 14N96W TO 14N95W TO 15N95W TO 16N95W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 30 TO 40 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY 16N94W TO 16N95W TO 16N96W TO 13N98W TO 13N96W TO 14N94W TO 16N94W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. REMAINDER OF AREA BOUNDED BY 14N93W TO 13N106W TO 16N115W TO 12N119W TO 03N108W TO 07N92W TO 14N93W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL. .24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY 16N95W TO 15N96W TO 14N96W TO 14N95W TO 15N95W TO 16N95W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N WINDS 30 TO 40 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY 15N94W TO 16N95W TO 14N97W TO 12N97W TO 12N96W TO 14N94W TO 15N94W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT. REMAINDER OF AREA BOUNDED BY 12N97W TO 12N102W TO 12N111W TO 08N112W TO 07N102W TO 08N98W TO 12N97W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL. .36 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY 16N95W TO 15N96W TO 14N96W TO 14N95W TO 14N94W TO 16N95W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY 14N94W TO 14N97W TO 12N99W TO 10N98W TO 10N97W TO 12N94W TO 14N94W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN NE SWELL. .48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY 16N95W TO 15N96W TO 14N96W TO 14N95W TO 15N94W TO 16N95W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY 11N86W TO 11N87W TO 10N87W TO 10N86W TO 11N86W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 8 FT. .15 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY 11N86W TO 11N87W TO 10N87W TO 10N86W TO 11N86W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO... NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .36 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. .WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY 18N140W TO 14N133W TO 15N122W TO 12N122W TO 08N140W TO 18N140W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY 30N116W TO 30N140W TO 04N140W TO 11N122W TO 30N116W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL. .24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY 22N140W TO 10N140W TO 10N138W TO 12N136W TO 10N132W TO 12N128W TO 22N140W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY 21N112W TO 30N116W TO 30N140W TO 03N140W TO 10N121W TO 07N113W TO 21N112W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL. .42 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N126W TO 28N135W THEN DISSIPATING TO 29N140W. WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY 30N127W TO 30N132W TO 29N133W TO 28N132W TO 29N129W TO 30N127W NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL. WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY 13N129W TO 15N128W TO 13N135W TO 13N140W TO 09N138W TO 10N133W TO 13N129W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY 30N116W TO 30N140W TO 04N140W TO 14N120W TO 30N116W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL. .48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N122W TO 27N130W TO 26N135W. WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY 30N122W TO 30N128W TO 29N128W TO 28N126W TO 30N122W NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL. WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY 15N136W TO 20N135W TO 21N140W TO 08N140W TO 09N134W TO 13N132W TO 15N136W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY 30N116W TO 30N140W TO 14N136W TO 04N140W TO 12N122W TO 30N116W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL. .REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. CONVECTION VALID AT 0900 UTC THU DEC 22... .TROUGH FROM 13N120W TO 07N120W...SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG FROM 13N TO 18N BETWEEN 116W AND 121W. .INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... MONSOON TROUGH AXIS EXTENDS FROM 06N77W TO 07N87W TO 05N99W. ITCZ AXIS EXTENDS FROM 05N99W TO 10N118W THEN RESUMES FROM 10N121W TO 08N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE FROM 06N TO 09N W OF 137W. $$ .FORECASTER LEWITSKY. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.