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FZPN03 KNHC 160840
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC SAT DEC 16 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC SAT DEC 16.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SUN DEC 17.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC MON DEC 18.

.WARNINGS.

...GALE WARNING...
.COLD FRONT FROM 30N129W TO 24N130W TO 14N140W. WITHIN 30N125W 
TO 30N140W TO 23N140W TO 26N131W TO 25N127W TO 30N125W SW WINDS 
20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 13 TO 19 FT IN W TO NW SWELL. WITHIN 24N126W TO
30N125W TO 24N134W TO 23N140W TO 14N140W TO 24N126W SW TO W 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FIRST COLD FRONT TO WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE. NEW 
COLD FRONT FROM 30N137W TO 26N140W. WITHIN 30N135W TO 30N139W TO 
29N139W TO 28N137W TO 29N136W TO 30N135W SW TO W WINDS 30 TO 35 
KT. SEAS 17 TO 24 FT IN NW SWELL. WITHIN 30N129W TO 30N140W TO 
26N140W TO 26N137W TO 28N131W TO 30N129W SW TO W WINDS 20 TO 30 
KT. SEAS 17 TO 23 FT IN NW SWELL. WITHIN 22N126W TO 30N124W TO 
25N140W TO 11N140W TO 16N131W TO 22N126W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. 
SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL...EXCEPT 11 TO 13 FT N OF 18N W OF 
131W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WEAKENING COLD FRONT FROM 30N133W TO 25N140W. 
WITHIN 30N129W TO 30N133W TO 29N132W TO 29N131W TO 30N130W TO 
30N129W SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 14 FT IN W TO NW SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE WITHIN 30N120W TO 30N140W TO 04N140W TO 07N131W TO 
16N123W TO 30N120W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW TO 
N SWELL...EXCEPT 11 TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL N OF 19N W OF 133W. 

...GALE WARNING...
.WITHIN 16N94W TO 16N96W TO 14N96W TO 13N95W TO 14N94W TO
16N94W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO
30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.
.15 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 16N95W TO 16N95.5W TO 15.5N95.5W TO 
15N95W TO 15.5N94.5W TO 16N95W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF 
TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 30 TO 35 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT.
ELSEWHERE WITHIN 16N94W TO 16N95W TO 15N97W TO 12N96W TO 13N94W 
TO 16N94W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 16N94W TO 16N95W TO 15N96W TO 14N95W TO
15N95W TO 16N94W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE 
WINDS 30 TO 35 KT. SEAS 10 TO 14 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 16N93W TO 
16N95W TO 15N97W TO 12N97W TO 12N95W TO 13N94W TO 16N93W N TO NE 
WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 16N94W TO 16N96W TO 14N96W TO 13N96W TO
13N95W TO 14N94W TO 16N94W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC 
...N TO NE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. WITHIN 12N94W TO 
16N94W TO 16N97W TO 11N103W TO 09N104W TO 08N99W TO 12N94W WINDS 
20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN N TO NE SWELL.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.WITHIN 26N110W TO 27N111W TO 27N112W TO 25N111W TO 24N110W TO
24N109W TO 26N110W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA...NW TO N 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.12 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 0815 UTC SAT DEC 16...

.SCATTERED MODERATE FROM 01N TO 05N BETWEEN 77W AND 80W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
MONSOON TROUGH AXIS EXTENDS FROM 08N78W TO 09N85W TO 06N96W TO
05N105W. THE ITCZ EXTENDS FROM 05N105W TO 06N114W TO 05N122W TO
08N130W TO 10N135W AND TO 09N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED 
STRONG WITHIN 120 NM EITHER SIDE OF THE TROUGH BETWEEN 81W AND 
86W. SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 120 NM N OF THE TROUGH BETWEEN 99W
AND 104W...WITHIN 60 NM S OF THE TROUGH BETWEEN 102W AND 108W 
AND WITHIN 30 NM S OF THE ITCZ BETWEEN 116W AND 119W.

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.FORECASTER AGUIRRE. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.