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FZPN03 KNHC 050414
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC FRI APR 5 2024

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 FRI APR 5.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT APR  6.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN APR  7.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.COLD FRONT FROM 30N118W SW TO 24N128W. SECONDARY COLD FRONT 
FROM 30N121W TO 27N127W. WITHIN 30N122W TO 30N140W TO 25N140W TO
26N131W TO 28N124W TO 30N122W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 11 FT IN NW TO N SWELL. WITHIN 25N131W TO 25N140W TO 13N140W 
TO 17N135W TO 25N131W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN N
TO NE SWELL. WITHIN 10N120W TO 13N130W TO 17N131W TO 13N140W TO 
00N140W TO 06N124W TO 10N120W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 
FT IN N TO NE SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST DISSIPATING COLD FRONT FROM 32N113W TO 22N120W
TO 20N130W. WITHIN 30N116W TO 30N140W TO 22N140W TO 21N126W TO 
26N117W TO 30N116W...INCLUDING SEBASTIAN VIZCAINO BAY...N TO NE 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 11 TO 13 FT. WITHIN 13N129W TO 21N128W 
TO 21N140W TO 03N140W TO 06N126W TO 11N124W TO 13N129W WINDS 20
KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN N TO NE SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT DISSIPATED. WITHIN 29N114W TO 30N129W TO
28N140W TO 20N140W TO 20N114W TO 29N114W...INCLUDING SEBASTIAN 
VIZCAINO BAY AND WITHIN 60 NM OF SHORE...WITHIN 60 NM OF SHORE...
NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW TO N SWELL. WITHIN 
20N114W TO 20N140W TO 02N140W TO 08N123W TO 20N114W WINDS 20 KT 
OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN N TO NE SWELL.

.WITHIN 31N113W TO 32N115W TO 31N115W TO 30N115W TO 29N114W TO
30N113W TO 31N113W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA...S TO SW 
WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 31N113W TO 32N115W TO 30N114W TO 
28N113W TO 29N112W TO 31N113W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA...
W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 
.36 HOUR FORECAST CONDITIONS IMPROVE. WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS
LESS THAN 8 FT.

.06 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 16N94W TO 16N95W TO 15N95W TO 15N94W TO
16N94W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO
25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 
.24 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 0350 UTC FRI APR 5...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
SURFACE TROUGH FROM THE COAST OF NW COLOMBIA SW TO ACROSS PANAMA
NEAR 07N81W AND TO 06N90W WHERE IT TRANSITIONS TO THE ITCZ... 
WHICH CONTINUES TO 06N105W TO 07N120W. THE ITCZ THEN RESUMES TO 
THE W OF A SURFACE TROUGH NEAR 03N127W TO 02N140W. SCATTERED 
MODERATE FROM 06N TO 14N BETWEEN 115W AND 123W.

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.FORECASTER RAMOS. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.