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FZPN04 KNHC 110452
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0515 UTC SUN MAR 11 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 SUN MAR 11.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC MON MAR 12.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC TUE MAR 13.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 04S W OF 100W E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT 
PRIMARILY IN MIXED SE AND S SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 
00N97W TO 18.5S85W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED
SE AND SW 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 S SWELL. S OF 10S BETWEEN 90W
AND 100W SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 10 TO 11 FT IN S SWELL. ELSEWHERE 
W OF LINE FROM 00N100W TO 09S91W TO 17S75W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN S TO SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 06S TO 13S W OF 100W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS 9 TO 10 FT IN S TO SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 
00N92W 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 0415 UTC SUN MAR 11...

.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 TO 05S90W TO 04S95W WHERE IT TERMINATES. AN ITCZ
SEGMENT JUST N OF THE EQUATOR CROSSES THE EQUATOR AT 110W AND
CONTINUES TO 01S120W. NO SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION WAS NOTED.

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

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.FORECASTER AGUIRRE. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.