000
FZPN04 KNHC 060430
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0515 UTC TUE MAR 06 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 MAR 06.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC WED MAR 07.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU MAR 08.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 05S W OF 95W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT IN MIXED 
S AND SE SWELL. S OF 11S BETWEEN 85W AND 95W E TO SE WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN S SWELL. ELSEWHERE SW OF LINE FROM 00S100W 
TO 14S75W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN SW 
SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 05S W OF 95W SE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 11 FT IN MIXED S AND SE SWELL. S OF 12S BETWEEN 80W AND 95W 
E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT IN S SWELL. ELSEWHERE SW OF 
LINE 00S95W TO 10S78W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN 
S TO SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 05S TO 13S BETWEEN 85W AND 110W E TO SE 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 11 FT IN PRIMARILY S SWELL. ELSEWHERE SW OF 
LINE 00N90W TO 06S80W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN 
S TO SW SWELL.

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 0300 UTC TUE MAR 06...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... 
THE MONSOON TROUGH IS CURRENTLY NOT EVIDENT ACROSS THE E 
PACIFIC. ITCZ AXIS FROM 00S92W TO BEYOND 04S120W. SCATTERED 
MODERATE CONVECTION WITHIN 120 NM N OF AXIS BETWEEN 106W AND 
109W.

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

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.FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.