000
FZPN04 KNHC 312220
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2315 UTC TUE MAR 31 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 TUE MAR 31.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC WED APR 01.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC THU APR 02.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 10S E OF 90W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 T0 11 FT IN SW 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 12S WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN 
SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 10S E OF 90W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 10S WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT IN MIXED S AND SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 12S W OF 88W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
8 FT PRIMARILY IN S SWELL.

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

CONVECTION VALID 2000 UTC TUE MAR 31...
.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...04S95W TO 06S101W TO 05S108W.  
ISOLATED MODERATE CONVECTION WITHIN 100 NM S OF AXIS BETWEEN 
100W AND 104W. SIMILAR CONVECTION IS NEAR 6.5S110W.

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.FORECASTER GR. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.