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FZPN04 KNHC 261617
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1715 UTC SAT MAR 26 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 SAT MAR 26.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN MAR 27.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC MON MAR 28.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 08S W OF 90W...AND S OF 10S BETWEEN 80W AND 90W E TO SE 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT IN SE WIND WAVES AND SW 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE SW OF LINE 00S95W TO 10S78W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN SW TO W SWELL...HIGHEST S OF 05S W OF 90W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 08S W OF 87...AND S OF 15S BETWEEN 80W 
AND 87W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT IN SE WIND WAVES 
AND SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE SW OF LINE 00S95W TO 16S76W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN SW TO W SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 08S W OF 90W...AND S OF 14S BETWEEN 85W 
AND 90W E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 10 TO 13 FT IN SE WIND WAVES AND SW 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE SW OF LINE 00S100W TO 10S78W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT IN SW SWELL...HIGHEST SE PART.

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

CONVECTION VALID AS OF 1500 UTC SAT MAR 26...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS FROM 04S90W TO 06S95W TO 
1010 MB LOW PRES NEAR 03S105W. SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 60 NM 
OF AXIS BETWEEN 90W AND 102W.

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

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.FORECASTER GR. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.