000
FZPN04 KNHC 171032
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1115 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC THU FEB 17.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC FRI FEB 18.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SAT FEB 19.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 12S W OF 100W SE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. 
ELSEWHERE E OF 116W TO LINE FROM 00N96W TO 06S81W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 13S W OF 102W SE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 
FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 07S E OF 102W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 
8 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 10S 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 06S 
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 0945 UTC THU FEB 17...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS ANALYZED FROM 06S90W TO 
02S101W TO 02S115W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG 
CONVECTION WAS NOTED WITHIN 180 NM N AND 90 NM S OF AXIS E OF 
102W.

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

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.