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FZPN03 KNHC 240315
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HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC WED MAY 24 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC WED MAY 24.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU MAY 25.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FRI MAY 26.

.WARNINGS.

...ASHFALL ADVISORY...             
POPOCATEPETL VOLCANO IN MEXICO NEAR 19N99W HAS BEEN ACTIVE AND 
CONTINUES TO ERUPT. VOLCANIC ASH HAS MOVED 210 NM ESE FROM 
SUMMIT AND 180 NM SE FROM SUMMIT LIKELY REACHING PARTS OF THE 
GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC AND THE OFFSHORE WATERS OF OAXACA. 
VISIBILITY MAY BE RESTRICTED IN THIS AREA DUE TO VOLCANIC 
ASHFALL THROUGH EARLY WED AFTERNOON. MARINERS SHOULD EXERCISE 
CAUTION. IF MARINERS ENCOUNTER VOLCANIC ASH OR FLOATING VOLCANIC 
DEBRIS...YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT THE OBSERVATION TO THE 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING 305-229-4425. 

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.N OF 25N BETWEEN 121W AND 140W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 
10 FT IN N SWELL...HIGHEST SEAS N OF 28N BETWEEN 125W AND 131W.  
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 27N BETWEEN 120W AND 132W WINDS 20 KT OR 
LESS. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN N SWELL.
.36 HOUR FORECAST N OF 29N BETWEEN 121W AND 130W WINDS 20 KT OR 
LESS. SEAS TO 8 FT IN DECAYING N SWELL.
.42 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.FROM 05N TO 08N BETWEEN 120W AND 123W...AND FROM 08N TO 11N 
BETWEEN 120W AND 134W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN NE 
TO E SWELL.
.12 HOUR FORECAST FROM 07N TO 11N BETWEEN 130W AND 135W...AND 
FROM 09N TO 12N W OF 137W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 FT IN NE 
TO E SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 02S BETWEEN 92W AND 105W WINDS 20 KT OR 
LESS. SEAS 8 FT IN SW SWELL.

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 0300 UTC WED MAY 24...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
THE MONSOON TROUGH AXIS EXTENDS WESTWARD FROM NORTHERN COLOMBIA 
NEAR 10N74W TO 09N90W TO 09N106W. THE ITCZ CONTINUES FROM 
09N106W TO 06N125W TO 03N140W. A WEAK TROUGH IS WITHIN THE ITCZ 
117W/118W. SCATTERED MODERATE TO ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION IS 
FROM 04N TO 08N BETWEEN 82W AND 94W. SCATTERED MODERATE 
CONVECTION IS NEAR THE TROUGH AXIS FROM 04N TO 10N BETWEEN 110W 
AND 120W. 

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.FORECASTER GR. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.