000
FZPN04 KNHC 242222
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2315 UTC TUE MAR 24 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 TUE MAR 24.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC WED MAR 25.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC THU MAR 26.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 12S FROM 90W TO 110W  E TO SE WIND 20 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT IN 
MIXED SW SWELL AND E WIND WAVES. ELSEWHERE S OF 05S  WIND LESS 
THAN 20 KT.  SEAS TO 8 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  S OF 13S FROM 88W TO 110W  E TO SE WIND 20 
KT.  SEAS 10 FT IN MIXED SW SWELL AND E WIND WAVES.  ELSEWHERE S 
OF 10S  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  S OF 15S FROM 95W TO 115W  E TO SE WIND 20 
KT.  SEAS 10 FT IN MIXED SW SWELL AND E WIND WAVES.  ELSEWHERE S 
OF 10S  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS TO 10 FT IN SW SWELL.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 2145 UTC TUE MAR 24...
SE PAC INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE WAS ALONG A LINE FROM 
06S92W TO 06S104W TO 07N109W TO 06S120W.  SCATTERED MODERATE TO 
STRONG CONVECTION WAS WITHIN 120 NM OF AXIS BETWEEN 96W AND 
112W. ISOLATED MODERATE CONVECTION WAS WITHIN 90 OF AXIS W OF 
115W.

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.