000
FZPN04 KNHC 231615
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1715 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC WED MAR 23.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC THU MAR 24.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC FRI MAR 25.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF A LINE FROM 07S120W TO 07S96W TO 12S83W TO 12S77W W OF 77W 
E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT IN SW SWELL. REMAINDER OF 
AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 07S W OF 83W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 
TO 12 FT IN MIXED SW AND NW SWELL. REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 T0 11 FT IN PRIMARILY SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 07S W OF 88W E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 10 TO 12 FT IN MIXED SWELL. ELSEWHERE EXCEPT N OF 04S 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 1500 UTC WED MAR 23...
.TROUGH FROM 02S89W TO 06S97W TO 06S107W...SCATTERED MODERATE 
WITHIN 150 NM EITHER SIDE OF AXIS BETWEEN 93W AND 107W.

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

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.FORECASTER HUFFMAN. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.