000
FZPN04 KNHC 270417
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0515 UTC FRI MAR 27 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 FRI MAR 27.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT MAR 28.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN MAR 29.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 10S W OF 107W SE TO E WIND 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 06S WIND LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN 
SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 10S W OF 100W SE TO E WIND 20 KT. SEAS TO 
9 FT IN MIXED SW AND SE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 07S W OF 105W E WIND TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
10 FT IN SW SWELL.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0315 UTC FRI MAR 27...
INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE 05S89W TO 06S103W TO 07S96W TO 
05S105W 07S120W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 150W 
NM N OF AXIS FROM 100W TO 102W AND WITHIN 100 NM N OF AXIS FROM 
108W TO 112W. 

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.FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.