000
FZPN04 KNHC 071032
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1115 UTC WED MAR 07 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 WED MAR 07.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC THU MAR 08.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC FRI MAR 09.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.FROM 07S TO 12S W OF 100W AND S OF 11S BETWEEN 85W AND 100W E 
TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT PRIMARILY IN SW SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 00S95W TO 09S78W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 08S TO 15S FROM 85W AND 110W E TO SE 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF LINE 
FROM 00S90W TO 04S81W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN 
S TO SW SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 07S BETWEEN 85W AND 115W E TO SE WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS 9 TO 10 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN S TO SW SWELL.

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 0900 UTC WED MAR 07...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... 
ITCZ FROM 01N87W ACROSS THE EQUATOR AT 100W TO BEYOND 03S120W. 
NO MONSOON TROUGH ANALYZED. NO SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION NOTED. 

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

$$
.FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.