000
FZPN04 KNHC 141615
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1715 UTC WED MAR 14 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC WED MAR 14.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC THU MAR 15.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC FRI MAR 16.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.WITHIN 210 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 10S95W TO 18.5S87W E 
TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF A LINE FROM 
14S120W TO 18.5S110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 10 FT IN SW 
SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF A LINE FROM 02S120W TO 12S100W TO 
18.5S90W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST W OF A LINE FROM 00S107W TO 18.5S78W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN SW SWELL.

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 1500 UTC WED MAR 14...
.WIDELY SCATTERED MODERATE FROM 05S TO 09S BETWEEN 111W AND 120W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... 
THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE AXIS EXTENDS FROM 00S115W TO 
02S120W. NO SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION NOTED.

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

$$
.FORECASTER HUFFMAN. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.