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FZPN04 KNHC 101635
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1715 UTC SAT MAR 10 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC SAT MAR 10.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN MAR 11.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC MON MAR 12.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.W OF LINE FROM 05S102W TO 17S94W E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 9 TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN MIXED S AND SE SWELL. ELSEWHERE W 
OF LINE FROM 02S97W TO 18.5S91W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
9 FT IN S SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST W OF LINE FROM 05S110W TO 17S94W E TO SE WINDS 
20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT IN MIXED S AND SE SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF 
LINE FROM 01S104W TO 18.5S80W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
10 FT IN S SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 15S BETWEEN 86W AND 100W E TO SE WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS 9 TO 10 FT IN S SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 00N104W 
TO 14S76W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN S SWELL.

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 1545 UTC SAT MAR 10...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... 

MONSOONAL FLOW HAS NOT BEEN EVIDENT ACROSS THE EPAC FOR THE PAST 
SEVERAL DAYS. AN ITCZ SEGMENT EXTENDS FROM 01S80W TO 03.5S88W TO 
02.5S91W WHERE IT TERMINATES. THE ITCZ THEN RESUMES JUST N OF 
THE EQUATOR NEAR 95W AND CONTINUES W-SW AND CROSSES THE EQUATOR 
AGAIN NEAR 105W CONTINUING TO BEYOND 03.5S120W. SCATTERED 
MODERATE TO STRONG CONVECTION NOTED WITHIN 150 NM S OF THE ITCZ 
E OF 91W. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION NOTED N OF 04N BETWEEN 
97W AND 111W. 

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

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.