000
FZPN04 KNHC 200416
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0515 UTC FRI MAR 20 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 FRI MAR 20.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT MAR 21.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN MAR 22.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 10S W OF 95W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN 
MIXED SE AND SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 10S W OF 90W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 11 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF LINE FROM 08S120W TO 08S90W TO 18.5S80W E 
TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN SW SWELL.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0400 UTC FRI MAR 20...
INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...08N83W TO 05N93W TO 04N106W 
04N120W TO 03N131W TO 03N140W. NO SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION IS 
NOTED ALONG THE ITCZ.

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.FORECASTER GR. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.