000
FZPN04 KNHC 281612
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1715 UTC SAT MAR 28 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC SAT MAR 28.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN MAR 29.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC MON MAR 30.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.SW OF A LINE FROM 18.5S90W TO 5S120W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN S TO SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST SW OF A LINE FROM 18.5S100W TO 5S120W E TO SE 
WINDS TO 20 KT.  SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST SW OF A LINE FROM 18.5S110W TO 10S120W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN S TO SW SWELL.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 1600 UTC SAT MAR 28...
INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE 06S84W TO 06S120W.  SCATTERED 
MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 120 NM OF THE AXIS FROM 115W 
TO 120W.

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.FORECASTER LANDSEA. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.