000
FZPN04 KNHC 231615
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1715 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC TUE FEB 23.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC WED FEB 24.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC THU FEB 25.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.FROM 04S TO 10S BETWEEN 98W AND 105W SE TO S WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 FT IN MIXED SW AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 
00N102W TO 18.5S76W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT 
PRIMARILY IN SW SWELL S OF 10S AND IN MIXED SW AND NW SWELL N OF 
10S.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 14S W OF 100W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 9 FT IN MERGING SW AND NW SWELL. N OF 11S BETWEEN 94W AND 
100W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN MERGING SW AND NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 12S W OF 102W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
8 FT IN MERGING SW AND NW SWELL. S OF 12S W OF 100W E TO SE 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.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 LEWITSKY. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.