000
FZPN04 KNHC 162226
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2315 UTC MON MAR 16 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC MON MAR 16.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC TUE MAR 17.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC WED MAR 18.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.FROM 11S TO 14S BETWEEN 86W AND 91W E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE W OF 86W S OF 10S SE OF LINE FROM 10S92W 
TO 18.5S105W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 08S BETWEEN 90W AND 100W E TO SE WINDS TO 
20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN MIXED SE AND SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 08S TO 11S BETWEEN 95W AND 100W E TO SE 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS TO 8 FT IN MIXED SE AND SW SWELL.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 2115 UTC MON MAR 16...
SE PAC INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE 10S89W TO 05S100W TO 
04S110W TO 06S120W. SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 240 NM OF AXIS E 
OF 93W AND ISOLATED MODERATE WITHIN 120 NM S OF AXIS BETWEEN 96W 
AND 101W. 

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.FORECASTER SCHAUER CLARK. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.