000
FZPN04 KNHC 121618
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1715 UTC THU MAR 12 2009

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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC THU MAR 12.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC FRI MAR 13.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SAT MAR 14.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ENTIRE FORECAST AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN 
MIXED SE AND SW SWELL...HIGHEST SEAS NEAR 18S100W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST ENTIRE FORECAST AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED SE AND SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST ENTIRE FORECAST AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT PRIMARILY IN SW SWELL.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 1615 UTC THU MAR 12...
SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 60 NM EITHER SIDE OF 
LINE 08S86W TO 05S89W. 

$$
.FORECASTER NELSON. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.