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HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2315 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC SUN MAR 11.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC MON MAR 12.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC TUE MAR 13.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF LINE 04S120W TO 04S110W TO 10S95W TO 18.5S90W E TO SE 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN MIXED S AND SE SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 00N105W TO 10S90W TO 18.5S80W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED SW AND SE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 12S BETWEEN 85W AND 100W E TO SE WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED SW AND SE SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF 
LINE FROM 00N100W TO 10S78W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 
FT IN S TO SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 10S TO 15S BETWEEN 95W AND 105W E TO SE 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE 
00N94W TO 05S82W 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 2200 UTC SUN MAR 11...

.SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG NOTED FROM 02S TO 05S 
BETWEEN 87W AND 92W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... 
MONSOON TROUGH WAS NOT PRESENT. THE ITCZ AXIS EXTENDS FROM THE 
NORTHERN HEMISPHERE W-SW ACROSS THE EQUATOR NEAR 108W... 
CONTINUING TO 03S115W TO BEYOND 02S120W. NO SIGNIFICANT 
CONVECTION NOTED ALONG AXIS.   

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

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.FORECASTER COBB. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.