000
FZPN04 KNHC 240416
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0515 UTC TUE MAR 24 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 TUE MAR 24.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC WED MAR 25.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU MAR 26.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 12S E OF 110W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN 
MAINLY SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF 100W AND ALSO FROM 12S TO 08S E 
OF 100W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 10S E OF 110W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 08S W OF 95W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 10S E OF 110W E TO SE WINDS 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 0300 UTC TUE MAR 24...

TROUGH FROM 03S90W TO 03S96W TO 09S110W TO 08S117W. SCATTERED 
MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 45 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 
03S97W TO 05S102W AND WITHIN A 60 NM RADIUS OF 08S109W.

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.FORECASTER CAB. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.