000
FZPN04 KNHC 221016
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1115 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC SUN MAR 22.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC MON MAR 23.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 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 15S BETWEEN 85W AND 100W. 
.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 BETWEEN 80W AND 110W 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 BETWEEN 95W AND 115W 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 0930 UTC SUN MAR 22...

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...05S87W TO 05S97W TO 08S106W TO 
04S120W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 60 NM EITHER 
SIDE OF A LINE FROM 05S84W TO 06S91W AND WITHIN 30 NM EITHER 
SIDE OF A LINE FROM 08S106W TO 08S109W.

$$
.FORECASTER CAB. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.