429 FZPN03 KNHC 281602 HSFEP2 HIGH SEAS FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1630 UTC TUE AUG 28 2018 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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. PAN PAN E PACIFIC FROM THE EQUATOR TO 30N E OF 140W AND 03.4S TO THE EQUATOR E OF 120W SYNOPSIS VALID 1200 UTC TUE AUG 28. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC WED AUG 29. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC THU AUG 30. .WARNINGS. ...HURRICANE WARNING... .TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIXTEEN-E NEAR 17.1N 111.8W 1004 MB AT 1500 UTC AUG 28 MOVING WNW OR 295 DEG AT 9 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 30 KT GUSTS 40 KT. WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY 18N110W TO 16N111W TO 15N113W TO 17N113W TO 18N112W TO 18N111W TO 18N110W WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .12 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM SIXTEEN-E NEAR 17.7N 112.9W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 35 KT GUSTS 45 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 40 NM N SEMICIRCLE...30 NM SE QUADRANT AND 20 NM SW QUADRANT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY 19N112W TO 18N111W TO 16N113W TO 16N114W TO 17N115W TO 19N115W TO 19N112W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM SIXTEEN-E NEAR 18.4N 114.6W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 45 KT GUSTS 55 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 40 NM N SEMICIRCLE...30 NM SE QUADRANT AND 20 NM SW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN AREA OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITH SEAS TO 14 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY 19N113W TO 17N113W TO 17N115W TO 18N116W TO 20N116W TO 20N114W TO 19N113W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. REMAINDER OF AREA BOUNDED BY 21N113W TO 17N112W TO 15N113W TO 14N116W TO 19N117W TO 21N117W TO 21N113W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED SWELL. .48 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE SIXTEEN-E NEAR 18.9N 118.1W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 65 KT GUSTS 80 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 50 NM NW AND SE QUADRANTS...60 NM NE QUADRANT AND 40 NM SW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN AREA OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITH SEAS TO 18 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY 20N116W TO 17N117W TO 17N118W TO 18N121W TO 20N120W TO 21N118W TO 20N116W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. REMAINDER AREA BOUNDED BY 21N116W TO 17N115W TO 15N118W TO 18N122W TO 21N121W TO 22N119W TO 21N116W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN MIXED SWELL. .72 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE SIXTEEN-E NEAR 18.5N 121.8W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 80 KT GUSTS 100 KT. EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE. .96 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE SIXTEEN-E NEAR 17.5N 126.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 85 KT GUSTS 105 KT. .120 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE SIXTEEN-E NEAR 17.0N 130.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 85 KT GUSTS 105 KT. FORECAST WINDS IN AND NEAR ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES SHOULD BE USED WITH CAUTION DUE TO UNCERTAINTY IN FORECAST TRACK...SIZE AND INTENSITY. ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING... .TROPICAL STORM MIRIAM NEAR 14.2N 135.4W 999 MB AT 1500 UTC AUG 28 MOVING W OR 270 DEG AT 12 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 55 KT GUSTS 65 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 60 NM E SEMICIRCLE...30 NM SW QUADRANT AND 50 NM NW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 90 NM N SEMICIRCLE...75 NM SE QUADRANT AND 60 NM SW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 21 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY 16N133W TO 13N133W TO 12N137W TO 14N138W TO 17N137W TO 18N136W TO 16N133W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. REMAINDER OF AREA BOUNDED BY 19N132W TO 14N130W TO 11N134W TO 14N139W TO 18N137W TO 19N135W TO 19N132W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED SWELL. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM MIRIAM NEAR 14.3N 138.9W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 60 KT GUSTS 75 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 70 NM E SEMICIRCLE AND 50 NM W SEMICIRCLE. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 120 NM N SEMICIRCLE...90 NM SE QUADRANT AND 75 NM SW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 24 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY 16N137W TO 14N136W TO 11N138W TO 12N140W TO 16N140W TO 17N139W TO 16N137W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. REMAINDER OF AREA BOUNDED BY 20N135W TO 12N134W TO 10N140W TO 16N137W TO 17N140W TO 20N140W TO 20N135W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED SWELL. .48 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE MIRIAM W OF AREA NEAR 15.6N 141.3W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 75 KT GUSTS 90 KT. HURRICANE CONDITIONS W OF AREA. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 90 NM NE QUADRANT...80 NM SE QUADRANT...50 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 70 NM NW QUADRANT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 150 NM N SEMICIRCLE...120 NM SE QUADRANT AND 90 NM SW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 28 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY 17N139W TO 15N138W TO 13N139W TO 13N140W TO 18N140W TO 17N139W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. REMAINDER OF AREA BOUNDED BY 17N136W TO 12N138W TO 10N140W TO 21N140W TO 19N138W TO 17N136W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED SWELL. .72 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE MIRIAM NEAR 18.5N 141.8W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 75 KT GUSTS 90 KT. EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE. .96 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM MIRIAM NEAR 22.0N 142.6W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 50 KT GUSTS 60 KT. .120 HOUR FORECAST POST-TROPICAL MIRIAM NEAR 26.0N 144.8W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 35 KT GUSTS 45 KT. FORECAST WINDS IN AND NEAR ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES SHOULD BE USED WITH CAUTION DUE TO UNCERTAINTY IN FORECAST TRACK...SIZE AND INTENSITY. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .TROUGH W OF AREA. WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY 19.5N139.5W TO 19N139W TO 17.5N139.5W TO 17N140W TO 21N140W TO 19.5N139.5W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. .06 HOUR FORECAST CONDITIONS IMPROVE. 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 1430 UTC TUE AUG 28... .TROPICAL STORM MIRIAM...NUMEROUS MODERATE SCATTERED STRONG WITHIN 240 NM SE SEMICIRCLE AND 90 NM NW SEMICIRCLE. .TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIXTEEN-E...SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 150 NM SW SEMICIRCLE. .TROPICAL WAVE N OF 04N ALONG 101W...SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY 19N104W TO 10N95W TO 04N96W TO 08N105W TO 19N104W. .INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... MONSOON TROUGH AXIS EXTENDS FROM NORTHERN COLOMBIA NEAR 09N74W TO 09N90W TO 09N100W THEN RESUMES FROM 14N113W TO 11N127W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG FROM 03N TO 08N BETWEEN 77W AND 90W AND FROM 10N TO 12N BETWEEN 91W AND 95W. SCATTERED MODERATE FROM 10N TO 12N BETWEEN 115W AND 120W. $$ .FORECASTER LEWITSKY. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.