000
FZPN04 KNHC 262236
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2315 UTC THU MAR 26 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 THU MAR 26.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC FRI MAR 27.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SAT MAR 28.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 08S W OF 95W  SE TO E WIND 20 KT.  SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN 
MIXED SW AND SE SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 06S  WIND LESS THAN 20 
KT.  SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST  S OF 09S W OF 100W  SE TO E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 9 FT IN MIXED SW AND SE SWELL.  ELSEWHERE S OF 09S  WIND 
LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS 8 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST  S OF 09S W OF 100W  E WIND TO 20 KT.  SEAS 8 
TO 10 FT IN MIXED SW AND SE SWELL.  ELSEWHERE S OF 08S  WIND 
LESS THAN 20 KT.  SEAS TO 8 FT IN SW SWELL. 

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

.CONVECTION VALID 2115 UTC THU MAR 26...
SE PAC INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE WAS FROM 06S88W TO 06S103W 
TO 08S114W TO 06S121W.  SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG 
CONVECTION WAS WITHIN 120 NM OF AXIS E OF 114W. 

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.