000
FZPN04 KNHC 240422
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0515 UTC WED FEB 24 2010

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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 WED FEB 24.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU FEB 25.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FRI FEB 26.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.FROM 04S TO 11S W OF 110W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT 
IN W SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 16S W OF LINE FROM 00N99W TO 16S87W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN MIXED SW AND NW 
SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 04S TO 13S W OF 110W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 
KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN W SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 14S W OF 95W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN PRIMARILY W SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST W OF A LINE FROM 00N112W TO 05S106W TO 
18.5S106W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED W AND NW 
SWELL. 

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

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT 
HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE

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.FORECASTER HUFFMAN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.