000
FZPN03 KNHC 312115
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2230 UTC TUE MAR 31 2009

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 THE EQUATOR TO 30N E OF 140W

SYNOPSIS VALID 1800 UTC TUE MAR 31.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC WED APR 01.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC THU APR 02.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.FROM 15N TO 25N W OF 120W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 
FT. ELSEWHERE BETWEEN 30N AND A LINE 30N115W TO 12N140W N TO NE 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN N TO NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 20N TO 30N BETWEEN 116W AND 140W AND FROM 
09N TO 20N BETWEEN 130W AND 140W N TO NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN N TO NE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 25N TO 30N BETWEEN 116W AND 127W NW TO N 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT IN NW TO N SWELL. ELSEWHERE BETWEEN 
30N AND A LINE 23N127W TO 10N130W TO 06N140W NE WINDS TO 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED N TO NE AND NW SWELL.

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

CONVECTION VALID 1515 UTC TUE MAR 31...
.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...06N77W TO 04N100W TO 07N120W 
TO 05N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE TO ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION 
WITHIN 60 NM EITHER SIDE OF AXIS FROM 81W TO 87W.

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.FORECASTER GR. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.