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FZPN04 KNHC 160446
HSFEP3

CCODE/1:31:16:01:00/AOW/NWS/CCODE
HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0515 UTC THU MAR 16 2017

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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

E PACIFIC FROM 03.4S TO 18.5S E OF 120W

SYNOPSIS VALID 0000 UTC THU MAR 16.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FRI MAR 17.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT MAR 18.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 11S BETWEEN 88W AND 112W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 FT IN 
MIXED SE AND SW SWELL. S OF 09S W OF 112W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. 
SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF LINE FROM 08S120W TO 12.5S105W WINDS 20 
KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF LINE FROM 08.5S120W TO 11S107W TO 
18.5S95W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN SW SWELL... 
HIGHEST SW. 

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 0345 UTC THU MAR 16...

THE SE PACIFIC ITCZ EXTENDS FROM 09S79.5W TO 11S87W TO 03S98W TO 
05.5S102W TO 02S120W. ISOLATED MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION 
WITHIN 150 NM S OF AXIS BETWEEN 79W AND 93W. SCATTERED MODERATE 
ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION WITHIN 150 NM S AND 240 NM N OF AXIS 
BETWEEN 95W AND 119W. 

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.