000
FZPN04 KNHC 102215
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2315 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC SAT MAR 10.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SUN MAR 11.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC MON MAR 12.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 05S W OF 100W E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT 
PRIMARILY IN MIXED SE AND S SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 
00S97W TO 18.5S85W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN 
PRIMARILY S SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 07S W OF 100W E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 9 TO 12 FT IN MIXED SE AND S SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE 
FROM 00S104W TO 10S87W TO 18.5S76W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 11 FT IN PRIMARILY S SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 10S W OF 95W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 
TO 10 FT IN S SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 00S95W TO 10S78W 
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 THE COAST OF ECUADOR 
AT 02S81W 01S80W TO 06S90W TO 05S94W WHERE IT TERMINATES. THE 
ITCZ THEN RESUMES JUST N OF THE EQUATOR NEAR 95W AND CONTINUES 
W-SW AND CROSSES THE EQUATOR AGAIN NEAR 110W CONTINUING TO 
BEYOND 04S120W. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION IS NOTED FROM 02S 
TO 07S BETWEEN 85W AND 91W. SIMILAR CONVECTION IS SEEN N OF 04N 
BETWEEN 108W AND 112W. 

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

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.FORECASTER GR. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.