000
FZPN04 KNHC 201017
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1115 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC FRI MAR 20.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SAT MAR 21.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 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 10S W OF 85W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 10 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF LINE FROM 06S120W TO 
06S90W TO 18.5S76W 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 1030 UTC FRI MAR 20...
INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...08N84W TO 03N100W TO 05N115W TO 
04N130W TO 03N140W. NO DEEP CONVECTION IS NOTED ALONG THE ITCZ.

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.FORECASTER GR. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.