000
FZPN04 KNHC 140446
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0515 UTC TUE FEB 14 2012
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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC TUE FEB 14.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC WED FEB 15.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU FEB 16.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.LOW PRES NEAR 07.5S88W 1009 MB. WITHIN 210 NM NE SEMICIRCLE OF 
LOW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE W OF A LINE FROM 
06S102W TO 14S95W TO 18.5S94W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 
FT IN BROAD MIX OF SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES NEAR 08.5S87.5W 1009 MB. N OF 02S 
BETWEEN 102W AND 110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN 
MERGING NW AND SE SWELL. W OF A LINE FROM 05S100W TO 18.5S92W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN BROAD MIX OF SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES NEAR 09S87W 1010 MB. S OF 08S BETWEEN 
93W AND 116W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN BROAD MIX OF 
SWELL.

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 0415 UTC TUE FEB 14...
.TROUGH FROM 09S86W TO LOW PRES NEAR 07S88W 1009 MB TO 03.5S97W 
TO 03S116W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 120 NM 
EITHER SIDE OF TROUGH BETWEEN 86W AND 100W.

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FORECASTER STRIPLING