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FZPN04 KNHC 120432
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0515 UTC MON MAR 12 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 MON MAR 12.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC TUE MAR 13.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC WED MAR 14.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 06S W OF 109W AND ALSO FROM 07S TO 15S BETWEEN 90W AND 109W
E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN MIXED S AND SE SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 00N102W TO 07S92W TO 16S76W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED SW AND SE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 07S TO 14S W OF 96W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT.
SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED SE AND SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE 
FROM 00N91W TO 10S78W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN 
S TO SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 09S TO 15S BETWEEN 92W AND 107W E TO SE 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 00N86W TO
12S77W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN S TO SW SWELL. 

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 0400 UTC MON MAR 12...
.SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG FROM 06S TO 05S BETWEEN 88W
AND 90W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... 
MONSOON TROUGH WAS NOT PRESENT. THE ITCZ AXIS EXTENDS FROM THE 
NORTHERN HEMISPHERE WSW ACROSS THE EQUATOR NEAR 107W...AND
CONTINUES TO BEYOND 02S120W. NO SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION IS NOTED 
ALONG AXIS.   

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$$
.FORECASTER AGUIRRE. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.