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    The National Weather Service is responsible for providing high seas forecasts for three ocean regions. It issues 3 forecasts covering the Atlantic Ocean, Northeast Pacific Ocean, and Southeast Pacific Ocean. Each forecast is updated every 6 hours with current conditions, 24-hour and 48-hour wind and wave forecasts, and tropical cyclone track and intensity forecasts out to 120 hours. The forecasts include marine warnings and information on hazards.

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    The National Weather Service is responsible for providing high seas forecasts for three ocean regions. It issues 3 forecasts covering the Atlantic Ocean, Northeast Pacific Ocean, and Southeast Pacific Ocean. Each forecast is updated every 6 hours with current conditions, 24-hour and 48-hour wind and wave forecasts, and tropical cyclone track and intensity forecasts out to 120 hours. The forecasts include marine warnings and information on hazards.

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    The National Weather Service is responsible for providing high seas forecasts for three ocean regions. It issues 3 forecasts covering the Atlantic Ocean, Northeast Pacific Ocean, and Southeast Pacific Ocean. Each forecast is updated every 6 hours with current conditions, 24-hour and 48-hour wind and wave forecasts, and tropical cyclone track and intensity forecasts out to 120 hours. The forecasts include marine warnings and information on hazards.

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    HIGH SEAS FORECAST

    • Purpose
    The world’s oceans and seas are divided up into 16 separate regions known as
    “METAREAS” with different nations having responsibility for providing high seas marine forecasts
    for those waters. These high seas forecasts are used mainly by large transoceanic vessels but
    can also be used by smaller vessels or those on shorter voyages. The U.S. National Weather
    Service (through the National Hurricane Center, the Ocean Prediction Center, and the Honolulu
    Weather Forecast Office) has the responsibility to provide high seas marine forecasts for
    METAREAS IV, XII, and XVI, which cover most of the North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean,
    and Southeast Pacific Ocean.

    • Content
    The National Hurricane Center issues three High Seas Forecasts for parts of METAREAS IV
    and XII and all of METAREA XVI. Each product is updated every 6 hours and includes a
    description of winds and waves for the current time (a nowcast) and a 24- and 48- hour forecast
    of the winds and waves, using a 20 knot threshold for the wind and an 8 feet threshold for the
    seas. Positions and intensities are also given for tropical cyclones out to the 120-hour forecast.
    Intermediate forecast times are given for rapidly changing weather events. The High Seas
    products also include updated descriptions of convection, particularly along the ITCZ. The
    products include marine warnings for gale, storm, hurricane force winds, and tropical cyclone-
    related conditions and can also include information on reduced visibility and other marine
    hazards.

    • Coverage
    The National Hurricane Center has 3 separate High Seas Forecasts:

    1. Atlantic Ocean (from 7°N to 31°N west of 35°W, including the Caribbean Sea and the
    Gulf of Mexico)
    2. Northeast Pacific Ocean (from the equator to 30°N east of 140°W)
    3. Southeast Pacific Ocean (from the equator to 18.5°S east of 120°W)

    • Issuance / Transmission
    High seas products are transmitted under World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and NOAA
    Weather Wire Service (NWWS) headers as shown in the following table (alternate headers are
    for high seas products issued by the Ocean Prediction Center, which append the forecasts of the
    National Hurricane Center):

    Primary Headers Alternate Headers


    WMO NWWS WMO NWWS
    Atlantic FZNT02 KNHC MIAHSFAT2 FZNT01 KWBC NFDHSFAT1
    Northeast Pacific FZPN03 KNHC MIAHSFEP2 FZPN01 KWBC NFDHSFEP1
    Southeast Pacific FZPN04 KNHC MIAHSFEP3

    High seas products are issued on a regular six hourly schedule as shown below:

    Issuance time in UTC


    MIAHSFAT2 0430 1030 1630 2230
    MIAHSFEP2 0430 1030 1630 2230
    MIAHSFEP3 0515 1115 1715 2315

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