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FZPN03 KNHC 191500
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
1630 UTC SUN FEB 19 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC SUN FEB 19.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC MON FEB 20.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC TUE FEB 21.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. 

.WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY LINE FROM 30N116W TO 21N108W TO 13N119W 
TO 12N129W TO 15N140W TO 28N140W TO 30N136W TO 30N116W WINDS 20 
KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 17 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST NEAR 28N118W. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY LINE FROM 30N116W TO 
23N110W TO 20N106W TO 17N104W TO 08N113W TO 07N126W TO 13N137W 
TO 30N119W TO 30N116W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW 
SWELL...HIGHEST NEAR 21N112W. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY 23N110W TO 14N100W TO 
03N110W TO 08N140W TO 14N140W TO 20N130W TO 23N110W WINDS 20 KT 
OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.

.COLD FRONT NW OF AREA. N OF 29N W OF 139W SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 10 TO 12 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF LINE FROM 28N140W TO 30N136W 
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 9 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N134W TO 24N140W. W OF FRONT 
N OF 26N W WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 12 TO 19 FT IN NW SWELL. N OF 
28N E OF FRONT TO 130W SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 11 TO 14 FT IN 
NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF LINE FROM 30N123W TO 26N129W TO 24N135W 
TO 24N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N124W TO 26N130W THEN 
STATIONARY FRONT TO 21N140W. W OF FRONT WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. 
SEAS 12 TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF LINE FROM 28N115W 
TO 25N118W TO 22N127W TO 14N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 
13 FT IN NW SWELL. 

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 1500 UTC SUN FEB 19...

.SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY LINE 
FROM 20N107W TO 16N103W TO 13N111W TO 20N107W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... 
ITCZ FROM 07N87W TO 04N95W TO 07N104W. ITCZ RESUMES FROM 09N118W 
TO 02N133W TO BEYOND 02N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE FROM 04N TO 06N 
BETWEEN 93W AND 96W.

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.FORECASTER MCELROY. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.