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FZPN04 KNHC 050420
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0515 UTC SAT MAY 05 2012
CCODE/1:31:16:01:00/AOW/NWS/CCODE

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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
 
S PACIFIC FROM THE EQUATOR TO 18.5S E OF 120W.

SYNOPSIS VALID 0000 UTC SAT MAY 05.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN MAY 06.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC MON MAY 07.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.COLD FRONT FROM 18.5S97W TO 16S103W TO 14S113W THEN DISSIPATING 
TO 13S120W. S OF FRONT WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN 
SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 07S WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 
FT IN S TO SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT DISSIPATED. TROUGH FROM 18.5S90W TO 
13S106W TO 13S120W. S OF TROUGH BETWEEN 105W AND 115W SE WINDS 
20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN S TO SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF TROUGH 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN S TO SW SWELL. 
REMAINDER OF AREA S OF A LINE FROM 01S120W TO 04S81W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN S TO SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH FROM 18.5S88W TO 12S105W TO 11S115W. S 
OF TROUGH TO 17S BETWEEN 105W AND 115W SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 
10 FT IN S TO SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 02S W OF A LINE FROM 
02S95W TO 18.5S82W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN S TO 
SW SWELL.

.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
 
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HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE

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.FORECASTER LEWITSKY. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.