000
FZPN04 KNHC 170437
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0515 UTC THU FEB 17 2011
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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 THU FEB 17.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FRI FEB 18.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT FEB 19.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.E OF 116W TO LINE FROM 00N96W TO 03S86W TO 12S77W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN SW 
SWELL S OF LINE 05S81W TO 06S99W TO 17S120W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 12S W OF 100W SE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL AND SE WIND WAVES. ELSEWHERE S OF 07S 
W OF 90W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN SW SWELL.

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

CONVECTION VALID AS OF 0345 UTC THU FEB 17...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS ANALYZED FROM 05S86W TO 
05S91W TO 02S105W TO 0SN112W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG 
CONVECTION NOTED WITHIN 120 NM OF AXIS BETWEEN 88W AND 95W.

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

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.