000
FZPN04 KNHC 171621
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1715 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC TUE MAR 17.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC WED MAR 18.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC THU MAR 19.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 10S BETWEEN 85W AND 98W  E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 
FT IN MIXED SW SWELL AND SE WIND WAVES. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 10S BETWEEN 90W AND 105W  E TO SE WINDS 
TO 20 KT.  SEAS TO 8 FT IN MIXED SW SWELL AND SE WIND WAVES.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 14S W OF 93W  E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 FT W OF 110W IN SE WIND WAVES AND BUILDING SW SWELL.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 1530 UTC TUE MAR 17...
SE PAC INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE WAS FROM 06S95W TO 
04S115W. SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG FROM 08S TO 10S BETWEEN 
94W AND 97W. SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 45 NM OF LINE FROM 04S85W 
TO 05S89W.

$$
.FORECASTER COBB. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.