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FZPN03 KNHC 181539
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 UTC WED JAN 18 2023

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 WED JAN 18.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC THU JAN 19.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC FRI JAN 20.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.NW OF A LINE FROM 20N110W TO 13N119W TO 11N130W TO 06N140W 
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST NE 
PART. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 15N BETWEEN 110W AND 126W AND N OF 07N W 
OF 126W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL. FROM 
08N TO 16N W OF 115W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 FT IN NW SWELL. 
S OF 02S BETWEEN 92W AND 110W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 FT IN 
DECAYING NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 07N BETWEEN 110W AND 127W AND FROM 08N TO 
24N W OF 127W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL. 

.S OF BETWEEN 88W AND 106W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 FT IN NW 
SWELL.
.12 HOUR FORECAST S OF 03S BETWEEN 96W AND 100W WINDS 20 KT OR 
LESS. SEAS TO 8 FT IN DECAYING NW SWELL.
.24 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 1530 UTC WED JAN 18...

.SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG FROM 03N TO 08N BETWEEN 
77W AND 80W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
THE MONSOON TROUGH AXIS EXTENDS FROM LOW PRES OF 1010 MB OVER NW 
COLOMBIA W TO SOUTHERN COSTA RICA AND SW TO 07N92W...THEN NW TO 
08N100W AND TO LOW PRES NEAR 07N106W 1011 MB. THE ITCZ EXTENDS 
FROM 07N106W TO 05N118W TO 07N128W TO BEYOND 06N140W. SCATTERED 
MODERATE WITHIN 180 NM S OF TROUGH BETWEEN 95W AND 100W... 
WITHIN 120 NM N OF THE ITCZ BETWEEN 112W AND 116W AND BETWEEN 
125W AND 130W AND WITHIN 60 NM N OF THE ITCZ BETWEEN 132W AND 
138W.

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.FORECASTER AGUIRRE. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.