000
FZPN04 KNHC 252236
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2315 UTC WED MAR 25 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC WED MAR 25.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC THU MAR 26.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC FRI MAR 27.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 09S FROM 80W TO 116W  SE TO E WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 8 TO 9 FT 
IN MIXED SW AND E SWELL.  ELSEWHERE S OF 07S  WIND LESS THAN 20 
KT.  SEAS 8 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  S OF 10S W OF 95W  SE TO E WINDS 20 KT.  SEAS 
8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED SW AND E SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 06S  WIND 
LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 8 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  S OF 08S  WIND LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 8 TO 9 
FT IN MIXED SW AND E SWELL.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 1500 UTC WED MAR 25...
SE PAC INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE WAS FROM 03S85W TO 06S97W 
TO 05S102W TO 09S112W TO 05S125W.  SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED 
STRONG CONVECTION WAS OCCURRING WITHIN 120 NM OF AXIS BETWEEN 
97W AND 120W.

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.