000
FZPN03 KNHC 231530
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1630 UTC THU FEB 23 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 THU FEB 23
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC FRI FEB 24
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SAT FEB 25

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. 

.N OF 25N BETWEEN 114W AND 120W NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO
11 FT. FROM 23N TO 25N W OF 134W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8
TO 9 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF LINE 07N140W TO 07N127W TO 23N112W...EXCEPT
N OF 25N W OF 130W...WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED
NW AND NE SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 27N E OF 117W NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS
8 TO 10 FT. N OF 18N BETWEEN 110W AND 122W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS
8 TO 9 FT IN MIXED NW AND NE SWELL. N OF 24N W OF 137W WINDS 20 KT
OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL.
.36 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT NEAR 30N140W. N OF 26N W OF 136W S
WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 30N134W
TO 18N140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT FROM 30N136W TO 26N138W TO 22N140W. N
OF 26N E OF FRONT TO 134W S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.
ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 30N131W TO 19N132W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.
SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL. 

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 28N NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS
THAN 8 FT.
.12 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA 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 1500 UTC THU FEB 23...

.SURFACE TROUGH FROM 06N90W TO 03N93W. ISOLATED MODERATE FROM 04N TO
06N BETWEEN 85W AND 88W. 

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... 

THERE IS NO ITCZ OVER THE FORECAST WATERS NORTH OF THE EQUATOR. 
NO SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION. 

$$

.FORECASTER BIRCHARD. HONOLULU HI.