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FZPN04 KNHC 130451
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0515 UTC TUE MAR 13 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 TUE MAR 13.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC WED MAR 14.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU MAR 15.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 08S W OF 90W AND S OF 13S BETWEEN 80W AND 90W E TO SE
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 10 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE 
FROM 00N90W TO 10S78W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN
S TO SW SWELL...HIGHEST FROM 06S TO 13S.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 08S TO 13S BETWEEN 100W AND 107W E TO SE
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN S TO SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN S TO SW SWELL.  
.36 HOUR ENTIRE FORECAST AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS
THAN 8 FT EXCEPT TO 8 FT PRIMARILY IN SW SWELL E OF 101W.  

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 0415 UTC TUE MAR 13...
.SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 45 NM OF LINE FROM
07S96W TO 07S101W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... 
MONSOON TROUGH IS NOT PRESENT. THE ITCZ AXIS ENTERS THE AREA 
NEAR 00N108W AND CONTINUES SW TO BEYOND 03S120W. SCATTERED 
STRONG WITHIN 180 NM S OF THE ITCZ W OF 117W.

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

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.FORECASTER AGUIRRE. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.