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FZPN04 KNHC 292304
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2315 UTC TUE MAR 29 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC TUE MAR 29.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC WED MAR 30.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC THU MAR 31.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 10S BETWEEN 85W AND 108W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 
FT IN MIXED SE AND SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE SW OF LINE FROM 00N87W TO 
08S78W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN SW 
SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 09S TO 14S BETWEEN 91W AND 114W E TO SE 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. ELSEWHERE SW OF LINE FROM 00N99W 
TO 12S78W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MERGING SW 
AND NW SWELL...HIGHEST S OF 07S W OF 105W. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 09S TO 14S W OF 100W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 
KT. SEAS 9 TO 10 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE SW OF LINE FROM 
00N101W TO 07S90W TO 18.5S77W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
11 FT IN MERGING SW AND NW SWELL...HIGHEST S CENTRAL PART.

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

CONVECTION VALID AS OF 2230 UTC TUE MAR 29...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...06S87W TO 02S99W...THEN RESUMES
AT 08S110W TO 02S124W TO 05S140W. NO SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION IS 
NOTED. 

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

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.FORECASTER AGUIRRE. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.