000
FZPN04 KNHC 181030
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1115 UTC WED MAR 18 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC WED MAR 18.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC THU MAR 19.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC FRI MAR 20.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 07N W OF 98W  SE WINDS TO 20 KT.  SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. S 
OF LINE FROM 07S98W TO 15S80W  SE WINDS TO 20 KT.  SEAS TO 8 FT 
IN MIXED SW SWELL AND SE WAVES. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 06S TO 13S BETWEEN 90W AND 100W  E TO SE 
WINDS TO 20 KT.  SEAS TO 8 FT IN MIXED SW SWELL AND SE WIND 
WAVES. ELSEWHERE S OF 13S W OF 90W  SE WINDS TO 20 KT.  SEAS TO 
8 FT IN MIXED SW AND NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 14S W OF 90W  E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 10 FT MIXED SE WIND WAVES AND BUILDING SW SWELL.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 1000 UTC WED MAR 18...
SE PAC INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE WAS FROM 06S83W TO 05S90W 
TO 05N116W. SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION WAS WITHIN 
90 NM N OF AXIS BETWEEN 85W AND 95W...WHILE ISOLATED MODERATE 
CONVECTION WAS WITHIN 90 NM S OF AXIS BETWEEN 100W AND 110W.

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.