000
FZPN04 KNHC 202228
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2315 UTC FRI MAR 20 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 FRI MAR 20.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SAT MAR 21.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SUN MAR 22.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF LINE FROM 06S110W TO 12S91W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 11 FT WITH SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 06S W OF 110W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 11S BETWEEN 91W AND 110W E TO SE WINDS TO 
20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT WITH SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF LINE FROM 
03S120W TO 07S95W TO 18.5S76W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
10 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 10S BETWEEN 93W AND 110W E TO SE WINDS TO 
20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT WITH SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE SW OF LINE FROM 
00N105W TO 10S78W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN SW 
SWELL.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 2145 UTC FRI MAR 20...
.SCATTERED MODERATE FROM 07S TO 10S BETWEEN 84W AND 86W.

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...06S102W TO 07S109W TO 08S120W. 
SCATTERED MODERATE FROM 05S TO 07S BETWEEN 100W AND 105W.

$$
.FORECASTER COHEN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.