000
FZPN04 KNHC 180444
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0515 UTC WED MAR 18 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 WED MAR 18.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU MAR 19.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FRI MAR 20.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 07N W OF 98W  SE WINDS TO 20 KT.  SEAS TO 8 FT IN MIXED S 
SWELL AND SE WAVES BETWEEN 10S AND 15S. S OF LINE FROM 07S98W TO 
15S80W  SE WINDS TO 20 KT.  SEAS 8 FT IN MIXED SW SWELLS AND SE 
WAVES. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 06S TO 13S BETWEEN 93W AND 100W  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 90W  E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 10 FT MIXED SE WIND WAVES AND BUILDING SW SWELL.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0400 UTC WED MAR 18...
SE PAC INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE WAS FROM 08S82W TO 06S90W 
TO 06S97W TO 05N116W. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MODERATE FROM 05S TO 
08.5S BETWEEN 86W AND 98W.

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.