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FZPN04 KNHC 121032
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1115 UTC TUE MAR 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 MAR 12.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC TUE MAR 13.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC WED MAR 14.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 08S BETWEEN 84W AND 92W SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 10 TO 11 FT 
IN SW SWELL. FROM 07S TO 13S W OF 92W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
9 TO 10 FT IN S TO SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 00N93W TO 
12S77W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN S TO SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 07S TO 14S W OF 96W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 
00N89W TO 11S77W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN S TO 
SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 09S TO 14S BETWEEN 94W AND 110W E TO SE 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 00N90W TO
10NS87W TO 18.5S76W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN S TO 
SW SWELL BETWEEN 90W AND 97W. 

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 1015 UTC MON MAR 12...
.SCATTERED STRONG INCREASING RAPIDLY WITHIN 45 NM OF LINE 05N86W
TO 05N92W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 30 NM OF
08S98W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... 
MONSOON TROUGH WAS NOT PRESENT. THE ITCZ AXIS EXTENDS FROM THE 
NORTHERN HEMISPHERE WSW ACROSS THE EQUATOR NEAR 107W...AND
CONTINUES TO BEYOND 02S120W. NO SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION IS NOTED 
ALONG OR NEAR THE AXIS.   

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

$$
.FORECASTER AGUIRRE. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.