000
FZPN04 KNHC 230423
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0515 UTC TUE FEB 23 2010

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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC TUE FEB 23.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC WED FEB 24.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU FEB 25.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.FROM 10S TO 16S BETWEEN 80W AND 95W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF A LINE FROM 
00N103W TO 08S95W TO 18.5S95W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 
FT IN MERGING SW AND NW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 16S W OF A LINE FROM 00N98W TO 16S86W E 
TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN PRIMARILY SW TO W SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 14S W OF 98W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 9 FT IN W SWELL. 

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

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT 
HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE

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.FORECASTER HUFFMAN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.