000
FZPN04 KNHC 181022
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1115 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC FRI FEB 18.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SAT FEB 19.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SUN FEB 20.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 10S W OF 98W 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 10S W OF 100W 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 11S W OF 110W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 9 FT IN MIXED SE WIND WAVES AND SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 03S 
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 0900 UTC FRI FEB 18...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE ANALYZED FROM 03S87W TO 04S92W 
TO 02S100W TO 03S109W. SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION 
NOTED WITHIN 45 NM OF AXIS BETWEEN 93W AND 99W.

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

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.