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FZPN03 KNHC 150902
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
1030 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC WED FEB 15.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC THU FEB 16.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC FRI FEB 17.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. 

.COLD FRONT APPROACH. NW OF LINE FROM 30N136W TO 28N140W S TO SW 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 11 TO 14 FT. ELSEWHERE NW OF OF LINE FROM
30N134W TO 26N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 11 FT PRIMARILY 
IN NW SWELL.
.12 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N139W TO 29N140W. N OF 27N 
WITHIN 300 NM E OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 14 TO 
18 FT WITH NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF OF LINE FROM 30N130W TO 
17N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT PRIMARILY IN NW 
SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WEAKENING COLD FRONT FROM 30N133W TO 26N140W.
N OF 28N WITHIN 150 NM E OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 14 TO 16 FT WITH NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF OF LINE FROM 
30N126W TO 09N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT 
PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.
.36 HOUR FORECAST WEAKENING COLD FRONT FROM 30N128W TO 28N132W 
TO 26N140W AND SECOND COLD FRONT APPROACH 30N140W. N OF 29N W OF 
139W SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 14 FT. ELSEWHERE W OF OF LINE 
FROM 30N120W TO 08N133W TO 05N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 
TO 13 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST STATIONARY FRONT FROM 30N125W TO 24N140W AND 
COLD FRONT FROM 30N132W TO 24N140W. N OF 26N WITHIN 240 NM E OF 
COLD FRONT SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 12 TO 13 FT WITH NW SWELL.
N OF 27N W OF COLD FRONT W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 11 TO 
15 FT WITH NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF A LINE FROM 30N116W TO 
07N130W TO 03N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT 
PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.

.S OF 01N BETWEEN 94W AND 105W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 9 FT 
IN MIXED SW AND NW SWELL.
.18 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 14.5N BETWEEN 94.5W AND 96W...INCLUDING 
THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 
8 FT.
.36 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 0900 UTC WED FEB 15...

.TROUGH FROM 07N86W TO 03N93W...SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 30 NM 
W OF TROUGH AND WITHIN 60 NM OF 06N95W.   

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... 
ITCZ FROM 03.4S90W TO 02S97W TO 03.4S117W. SCATTERED MODERATE
ISOLATED STRONG S OF 00N BETWEEN 92W AND 100W.

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.FORECASTER NELSON. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.