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FZPN03 KNHC 052126
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2230 UTC THU JAN 05 2017

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC THU JAN 05.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC FRI JAN 06.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SAT JAN 07.

.WARNINGS.

...GALE WARNING...
.42 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.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 30 NM OF LINE FROM 16N95W TO
14.5N95.5W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N WINDS 30 TO
35 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 60 NM OF LINE
FROM 16N95W TO 14.5N95.5W TO 13.5N96W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30
KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.WEAK COLD FRONT FROM 30N135W TO 26N140W. NW OF FRONT WINDS 20
KT OR LESS. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF A LINE
FROM 30N133W TO 19N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW
SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST WEAK STATIONARY FRONT FROM 30N135W TO 24N140W.
WITHIN 120 NM SE OF FRONT FROM 23N TO 26N SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.
SEAS 8 FT. FROM 10N TO 20N W OF 134W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS
8FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N132W TO 23N140W. N OF 25N E
OF FRONT TO A LINE FROM 30N127W TO 25N134W S TO SW WINDS 20 TO
30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT.

.FROM 10N TO 13N BETWEEN 127W AND 135W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS
8 TO 9 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST CONDITIONS MERGED.

.GULF OF PAPAGAYO FROM 10.5N TO 11.5N E OF 88W NE TO E WINDS 20
TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.06 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.36 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA FROM 24N TO 28N W OF 110W
NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 2100 UTC THU JAN 5...

.TROUGH FROM 11N138W TO 05N140W...SCATTERED MODERATE FROM 08N TO
11N W OF 137W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
THE MONSOON TROUGH AXIS EXTENDS FROM 1008 MB LOW PRESSURE NEAR
09N75W ACROSS THE GULF OF PANAMA TO 07N88W TO 05N100W. THE
INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE AXIS EXTENDS FROM 05N100W TO
08N112W TO 07N120W TO 09N130W TO BEYOND 07N140W. NO SIGNIFICANT
CONVECTION.

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.FORECASTER GR. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.