000
FZPN04 KNHC 122216
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2315 UTC THU FEB 12 2009

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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 THU FEB 12.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC FRI FEB 13.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SAT FEB 14.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 10S BETWEEN 88W AND 106W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
9 FT IN MIXED NW AND SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE SW OF LINE FROM 00N98W 
TO 18.5S80W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN MIXED NW AND 
SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF LINE FROM 13S120W TO 18.5S88W SE WINDS TO 
20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT PRIMARILY WITH SW SWELL.

.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.CONVECTION VALID 2200 UTC THU FEB 12...
SECONDARY INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...06S89W TO 04S100W TO 
07S112W. SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 240 NM N OF AXIS BETWEEN 90W 
AND 96W AND BEWTEEN 99W AND 103W. 

$$
.FORECASTER CANGIALOSI. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.