000
FZPN04 KNHC 182215
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2315 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC WED MAR 18.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC THU MAR 19.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC FRI MAR 20.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 10S BETWEEN 85W AND 102W SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 12S BETWEEN 90W AND 100W E TO SE WINDS TO 
20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. S OF 10S W OF 110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 10S BETWEEN 90W AND 110W E TO SE WINDS TO 
20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN SW SWELL. S OF 10S W OF 110W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN SW SWELL.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 2200 UTC WED MAR 18...
INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...07S84W TO 07S92W TO 06S102W TO 
06S109W TO 06S112W. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION FROM 05S TO 
08S BETWEEN 86W AND 96W. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION FROM 06S 
TO 08S BETWEEN 98W AND 100W.

$$
.FORECASTER COHEN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.