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FZPN04 KNHC 111644
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HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1715 UTC SUN MAR 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC SUN MAR 11.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC MON MAR 12.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC TUE MAR 13.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF LINE 05S120W TO 05S112W TO 14S97W E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN MIXED S AND SE SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE 
FROM 01S104W TO 09S91W TO 18.5S79W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 10 FT IN MIXED SW AND SE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 16S BETWEEN 87W AND 98W E TO SE WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN MIXED SW AND SE SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE 
FROM 00N102W TO 14S76W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN 
S TO SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 16S BETWEEN 86W AND 98W E TO SE WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE 00N94W TO 
03S85W TO 14S76W 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 1615 UTC SUN MAR 11...

.SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG NOTED FROM 01S TO 07.5W BETWEEN 
86.5W AND 91W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... 
MONSOON TROUGH WAS NOT PRESENT. THE ITCZ AXIS EXTENDS FROM THE 
NORTHERN HEMISPHERE W-SW ACROSS THE EQUATOR NEAR 107W... 
CONTINUING TO 02S112W TO BEYOND 01S120W. NO SIGNIFICANT 
CONVECTION NOTED ALONG AXIS.   

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

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.