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FZPN03 KNHC 150321
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
0430 UTC WED FEB 15 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC WED FEB 15.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU FEB 16.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FRI FEB 17.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. 

.NW OF LINE FROM 30N134W TO 26N140W S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 12 FT...EXCEPT 12 TO 14 FT NW OF LINE FROM 30N138W TO 
28N140W. FROM 08N TO 12N BETWEEN 125W AND 132W WINDS 20 KT OR 
LESS. SEAS TO 8 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N137W TO 28N140W. NW OF 
FRONT WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 16 TO 17 FT IN NW SWELL. E OF 
FRONT TO A LINE FROM 30N131W TO 26N140W SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. 
SEAS 12 TO 17 FT WITH NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE NW OF LINE FROM 
30N127W TO 20N135W TO 12N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 13 
FT IN NW SWELL.
.36 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N131W TO 26N140W. NW OF 
FRONT WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 12 TO 15 FT IN NW SWELL. N OF 
28N E OF FRONT TO A LINE FROM 30N128W TO 28N131W SW WINDS 20 TO 
25 KT. SEAS 12 TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE NW OF A LINE FROM 
30N123W TO 20N130W TO 08N132W TO 05N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. 
SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST STATIONARY FRONT FROM 30N128W TO 25N140W. NEW 
COLD FRONT FROM 30N138W TO 27N140W. WITHIN 75 NM SE OF 
STATIONARY FRONT SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 12 TO 13 FT IN NW 
SWELL. SE OF NEW COLD FRONT TO A LINE FROM 30N132W TO 27N140W SW 
WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 12 TO 13 FT. NW OF NEW COLD FRONT W TO 
NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 13 TO 14 FT. ELSEWHERE NW OF A LINE 
FROM 30N117W TO 20N124W TO 08N129W TO 03N140W WINDS 20 KT OR 
LESS. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL.

.S OF A LINE FROM 03.4S91W TO 05N100W TO 03.4S108W WINDS 20 KT 
OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN MIXED SW AND NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 02S BETWEEN 98W AND 101W WINDS 20 KT OR 
LESS. SEAS TO 8 FT IN MIXED SW AND NW SWELL.
.30 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.30 HOUR FORECAST N OF 15N BETWEEN 94.5W AND 95.5W...INCLUDING 
THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 
8 FT.
.36 HOUR FORECAST N OF 14.5N BETWEEN 94.5W AND 95.5W...INCLUDING 
THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 FT.
.48 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 AT 0300 UTC WED FEB 15...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... 
THE ITCZ AND ASSOCIATED CONVECTION IS SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR.

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.FORECASTER GR. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.