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FZPN04 KNHC 032217
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2315 UTC TUE APR 03 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 TUE APR 03.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC WED APR 04.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC THU APR 05.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 15S BETWEEN 90W AND 110W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 10 TO
11 FT IN MIXED SE AND SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 00S102W 
TO 18.5S81W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED SW 
AND NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 11S BETWEEN 90W AND 110W E TO SE WINDS
20 KT. SEAS 10 TO 11 FT IN MIXED SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 
00S102W TO 18.5S75W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN 
PRIMARILY SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 12S BETWEEN 95W AND 112W E TO SE WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS 11 TO 12 FT IN MIXED SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 
00S95W TO 15S76W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED 
NW AND SW SWELL.

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 2130 UTC TUE APR 03...
.TROUGH FROM 05S85W TO 08S98W. SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG 
WITHIN 90 NM EITHER SIDE OF TROUGH. SCATTERED MODERATE FROM 07S 
TO 09S BETWEEN 118W AND 120W. 

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
NONE.

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

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.FORECASTER FORMOSA. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.