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FZPN04 KNHC 180437
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0515 UTC FRI FEB 18 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 FRI FEB 18.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT FEB 19.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN FEB 20.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 14W BETWEEN 100W AND 114W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT 
IN MIXED SE WIND WAVES AND SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 06S WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 12S W OF 104W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN MIXED SE WIND WAVES AND SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S 
OF 04S W OF 88W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 12S W OF 111W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 9 FT IN MIXED SE WIND WAVES AND SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 05S 
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 FRI FEB 18...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE ANALYZED FROM 04S89W TO 04S92W 
TO 02S102W TO 03S114W. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION NOTED 
WITHIN 60 NM OF EITHER SIDE OF AXIS E OF 98W.

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

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.