000
FZPN04 KNHC 220424
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0515 UTC THU MAR 22 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 THU MAR 22.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FRI MAR 23.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT MAR 24.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 01S E OF 105W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN S 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF LINE FROM 06S105W TO 11S120W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED S AND SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 17S BETWEEN 81W AND 101W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN MIXED S AND SW SWELL. REMAINDER OF AREA 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN PRIMARILY SW SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 04S W OF 98W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 9 FT IN PRIMARILY SW SWELL 

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 0230 UTC THU MAR 22...

.TROUGH EXTENDS FROM 06S84W TO 00N98W. A SOUTHERN ITCZ BRANCH IS 
IDENTIFIED FROM 05S116W TO BEYOND 04S120W. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED 
MODERATE CONVECTION NOTED WITHIN 90 NM OF TROUGH BETWEEN 87W AND 
95W. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION NOTED WITHIN 120 NM N AND 90 
NM S OF ITCZ E OF 117W.  

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HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.