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FZPN04 KNHC 111028
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1115 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC SUN MAR 11.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC MON MAR 12.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 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 IN
MIXED SE AND SE SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 00N99W TO 09S91W
TO 18.5S82W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED SE 
AND SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 08S W OF 100W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 
TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 00N100W 
TO 09S87W TO 14S76W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN S 
TO SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 08S TO 13S W OF 100W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 9 FT. ELSEWHERE WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN 
S TO SW EXCEPT LESS THAN 8 FT NE OF LINE 00N88W TO 06S81W.

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 0945 UTC SUN MAR 11...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... 
MONSOON TROUGH WAS NOT EVIDENT. AN ITCZ SEGMENT EXTENDS FROM 
THE COAST OF ECUADOR AT 02S81W TO 04S92W WHERE IT TERMINATES. AN 
ITCZ SEGMENT JUST N OF THE EQUATOR CROSSES THE EQUATOR AT 106W 
AND CONTINUES TO 02S115W TO BEYOND THE AREA AT 03S120W. SCATTERED
MODERATE WITHIN 60 NM S OF THE ITCZ BETWEEN 86W AND 91W AND 
FROM 05S TO 07S BETWEEN 87W AND 90W.

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

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.FORECASTER AGUIRRE. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.