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FZPN04 KNHC 222218
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2315 UTC TUE FEB 22 2011
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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 FEB 22.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC WED FEB 23.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC THU FEB 24.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 16S BETWEEN 100W AND 110W E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 10 FT 
IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF A LINE FROM 00N98W TO 08S85W TO 
15S76W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN PRIMARILY SW 
SWELL...HIGHEST SW PART. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST W OF A LINE FROM 00N97W TO 07S85W TO 14S78W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN PRIMARILY SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST W OF A LINE FROM 00N98W TO 18S80W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN PRIMARILY SW SWELL.

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

CONVECTION VALID AS OF 2145 UTC TUE FEB 22...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS FROM 04S91W TO 03S99W TO 
03S105W. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE WITHIN 90 NM EITHER 
SIDE OF AXIS E OF 102W.

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

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.FORECASTER GR. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.