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HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2230 UTC TUE JUN 17 2025

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC TUE JUN 17.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC WED JUN 18.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC THU JUN 19.

.WARNINGS.

...HURRICANE WARNING...
.TROPICAL STORM ERICK NEAR 12.9N 94.4W 1001 MB AT 2100 UTC JUN
17 MOVING NW OR 310 DEG AT 6 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 45 KT
GUSTS 55 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 80 NM W
SEMICIRCLE...0 NM NE QUADRANT AND 40 NM SE QUADRANT.  SEAS 4 M
OR GREATER WITHIN 60 NM N SEMICIRCLE AND 0 NM S SEMICIRCLE WITH
SEAS TO 5 M. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 14N93W TO 14N95W TO 13N96W TO
11N95W TO 12N93W TO 12N92W TO 14N93W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 2.5
TO 4.5 M.
.24 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE ERICK NEAR 14.2N 96.4W. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS 80 KT GUSTS 100 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
WITHIN 80 NM N SEMICIRCLE...90 NM SE QUADRANT AND 70 NM SW
QUADRANT. SEAS 4 M OR GREATER WITHIN 120 NM N SEMICIRCLE AND 75
NM S SEMICIRCLE WITH SEAS TO 8 M. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 15N93W TO
16N98W TO 14N99W TO 12N95W TO 13N95W TO 12N94W TO
15N93W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...WINDS 20 TO 33 KT.
SEAS 2.5 TO 7.5 M.
.48 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE ERICK INLAND NEAR 16.9N 99.0W.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 80 KT GUSTS 100 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS WITHIN 40 NM OF CENTER EXCEPT 60 NM SE QUADRANT. SEAS 4 M
OR GREATER WITHIN 60 NM S SEMICIRCLE WITH SEAS TO 5 M. ELSEWHERE
WITHIN 16N99W TO 17N100W TO 17N101W TO 16N101W TO 15N99W TO
15N97W TO 16N99W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 2.5 TO 4.5 M.

FORECAST WINDS IN AND NEAR ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES SHOULD BE
USED WITH CAUTION DUE TO UNCERTAINTY IN FORECAST TRACK...SIZE
AND INTENSITY.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.12 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 30N119W TO 30N122.5W TO 29.5N122W TO
29N121.5W TO 29N120.5W TO 29.5N119.5W TO 30N119W WINDS 20 KT OR
LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.0 M IN N SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 30N119W TO 30N124W TO 29N123W TO
28N122W TO 28N120W TO 30N119W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO
3.0 M IN N SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 30N120W TO 30N126W TO 29N124W TO
29N122W TO 30N120W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.0 M IN N
SWELL.

.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 2.5 M.

CONVECTION VALID AT 2000 UTC TUE JUN 17...

.T.S. ERICK...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS MODERATE TO STRONG N OF 07N
BETWEEN 88W AND 99W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
MONSOON TROUGH FROM 11N86W TO 10N88W...THEN RESUMES SW OF T.S.
ERICK NEAR A 1010 MB LOW NEAR 09N100W TO 13N111W TO 10N123W.
ITCZ CONTINUES FROM THAT POINT TO 09N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE
WITHIN 120 NM OF MONSOON TROUGH AND E OF 104W...AND ALONG ITCZ
AND W OF 126W.

$$
.FORECASTER ERA. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.