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FZPN04 KNHC 212221
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2315 UTC WED MAR 21 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC WED MAR 21.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC THU MAR 22.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC FRI MAR 23.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 03S E OF 104W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN S 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF LINE FROM 04S104W TO 11S120W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED S TO SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST ENTIRE FORECAST AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN MIXED S AND SW SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST ENTIRE FORECAST AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
E OF 100W SEAS TO 9 FT IN S SWELL. W OF 100W SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN 
MIXED SW AND NW SWELL 

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 2115 UTC WED MAR 21...

.TROUGH EXTENDS FROM 06S84W TO 03S90W TO 02S96W. AN ITCZ BRANCH 
IS IDENTIFIED FROM 05S116W TO W OF THE AREA NEAR 04S120W. 
ISOLATED MODERATE WITHIN 90 NM S OF THE TROUGH BETWEEN 84W AND 
90W. SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 120 NM OF LINE FROM 10S103W TO 
6S116W. 

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

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.FORECASTER PAW. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.