000
FZPN04 KNHC 070432
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0515 UTC WED MAR 07 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 WED MAR 07.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU MAR 08.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FRI MAR 09.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 04S W OF 100W AND S OF 11S BETWEEN 90W AND 100W E TO SE
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT PRIMARILY IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE
W OF LINE FROM 00S95W TO 12S78W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
10 FT PRIMARILY IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 08S TO 16S 85W AND 110W E TO SE WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS 10 TO 12 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 
00S93W TO 04S81W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN S TO 
SW SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 09S BETWEEN 85W AND 115W E TO SE WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS 9 TO 10 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN S TO SW SWELL.

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 0300 UTC WED MAR 07...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... 
THE MONSOON TROUGH IS CURRENTLY NOT EVIDENT ACROSS THE E 
PACIFIC. ITCZ AXIS FROM 00S108W TO BEYOND 03S120W. NO 
SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION. 

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

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.FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.