000
FZPN04 KNHC 110441
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0515 UTC SAT FEB 11 2012
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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 SAT FEB 11.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN FEB 12.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC MON FEB 13.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 16S BETWEEN 93W AND 103W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 
FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 13S E OF 102W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 
9 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 09S BETWEEN 80W AND 97W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 12S W OF 100W 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 AT 0415 UTC SAT FEB 11...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...
THE ITCZ AXIS EXTENDS FROM 08S86W TO LOW PRES NEAR 05S89W 1009 
MB TO 02S97W. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION NOTED 
ALONG AXIS MODERATE BETWEEN 88W AND 93W.

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FORECASTER STRIPLING