000
FZPN04 KNHC 230416
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0515 UTC MON MAR 23 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 MON MAR 23.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC TUE MAR 24.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC WED MAR 25.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 09S E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN SW SWELL. SW 
OF A LINE FROM 00N120W TO 02S100W TO 09S79W TO 09S WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 12S BETWEEN 80W AND 110W E TO SE WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MAINLY SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 03S W OF 
100W AND ALSO FROM 12S TO 08S E OF 100W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 10S E OF 110W E TO SE TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
10 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 08S WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL. 

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0330 UTC MON MAR 23...
TROUGH FROM 05S86W TO 03S100W TO 09S108W TO 05S117W. SCATTERED 
MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG FROM WITHIN 60 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE 
FROM 06S93W TO 08S105W.

$$
.FORECASTER CAB. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.