000
FZPN04 KNHC 170453
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0515 UTC TUE MAR 17 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC TUE MAR 17.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC WED MAR 18.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU MAR 19.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 11N BETWEEN 86W AND 96W  E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT.  SEAS TO 
8 FT IN MIXED SW SWELL AND SE WAVES. S OF 16N E OF 86W  SE WINDS 
20 KT.  SEAS 8 FT IN MIXED SW SWELL AND SE WAVES. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 10S BETWEEN 90W AND 110W  E TO SE WINDS 
TO 20 KT.  SEAS TO 8 FT IN MIXED SW SWELL AND SE WAVES.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 14N W OF 93W  E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 FT W OF 110W IN SE WAVES AND BUILDING SW SWELL.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0315 UTC TUE MAR 17...
SE PAC INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE 11S89W TO 03S108W TO 
08S125W. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION WAS WITHIN 240 NM OF AXIS 
E OF 101W. ISOLATED WEAK TO MODERATE CONVECTION WAS WITHIN 120 
NM OF AXIS W OF 105W. 

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.