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FZPN04 KNHC 052220
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2315 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC SAT MAY 05.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SUN MAY 06.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC MON MAY 07.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.COLD FRONT FROM 18.5S90W TO 14S100W THEN DISSIPATING TO 12S110W 
TO 13S120W. S OF 15S BETWEEN 104W AND 115W SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
10 TO 11 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF FRONT WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN S TO SW SWELL. REMAINDER OF AREA S OF A 
LINE FROM 00N110W TO 04S81W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT 
IN S TO SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT DISSIPATED. TROUGH FROM 18.5S88W TO 
12S100W TO 11S120W. S OF TROUGH WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 
10 FT IN S TO SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF A LINE FROM 00N95W TO 
18.5S85S WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN S TO SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH FROM 18.5S86W TO 12S104W TO 11S120W. 
WITHIN 180 NM S OF TROUGH W OF 110W SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 10 
FT IN S TO SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 04S W OF A LINE FROM 04S90W 
TO 18.5S75W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN S TO SW 
SWELL.

.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
 
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT
HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE

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.FORECASTER LEWITSKY. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.