000
FZPN04 KNHC 220417
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0515 UTC SUN MAR 22 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 SUN MAR 22.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC MON MAR 23.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC TUE MAR 24.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 09S E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN SW SWELL... 
HIGHEST S OF 12S BETWEEN 85W AND 115W. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 10S E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT 
IN SW SWELL. S OF A LINE FROM 00N120W TO 02S100W TO 09S79W TO 
10S WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 12S W OF 80W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 10 FT IN MAINLY SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 10S AND ALSO N OF 
10S W OF 95W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN SW SWELL.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0330 UTC SUN MAR 22...

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...04S84W TO 09S100W TO 09S104W TO 
07S110W TO 06S120W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 60 
NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 05S85W TO 07S90W AND WITHIN 30 NM 
EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 08S105W TO 08S109W.

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.FORECASTER CAB. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.