000
FZPN04 KNHC 131025
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1115 UTC MON FEB 13 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC MON FEB 13.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC TUE FEB 14.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC WED FEB 15.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.LOW PRES NEAR 07S89.5W 1011 MB. WITHIN 120 NM SW SEMICIRCLE OF 
LOW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. S OF 16S BETWEEN 92W AND 105W SE 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN MIXED SE AND SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE 
S OF 10S W OF 102W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED 
SE AND SW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES NEAR 08S88.5W 1009 MB. WITHIN 240 NM 
NE QUADRANT NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 03S W 
OF 96W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN BROAD MIX OF SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES NEAR 09S87W 1011 MB. WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. W OF A LINE FROM 07S98W TO 18.5S90W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN BROAD MIX OF SWELL.

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 0945 UTC MON FEB 13...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...
AXIS EXTENDS FROM 09S85W TO LOW PRES NEAR 07S89.5W 1011 MB TO 
04S91W TO 04S100W. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION NOTED WITHIN 
120 NM S OF AXIS W OF 100W. SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 180 NM NW 
SEMICIRCLE OF LOW.

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FORECASTER STRIPLING