000
FZPN04 KNHC 231046
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1115 UTC WED MAR 23 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 WED MAR 23.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC THU MAR 24.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC FRI MAR 25.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF A LINE FROM 18.5S116W TO 05S113W TO 18.5S71W SE WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT IN SW SWELL. REMAINDER AREA WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 10S W OF 80W SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 
FT IN MIXED SW AND NW SWELL. REMAINDER AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 8 T0 10 FT IN PRIMARILY SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 08S W OF 85W SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 
FT MIXED SWELL. ELSEWHERE EXCEPT N OF 05S E OF 92W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED SW AND NW SWELL. 

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

CONVECTION VALID AS OF 0900 UTC WED MAR 23...
.TROUGH FROM 02S89W TO 05S99W TO 04S108W...SCATTERED MODERATE 
WITHIN 180 NM S OF AXIS BETWEEN 94W AND 107W.

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

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.FORECASTER FG/JS. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.