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FZPN04 KNHC 271622
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1715 UTC TUE MAR 27 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 TUE MAR 27.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC WED MAR 28.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC THU MAR 29.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 17S BETWEEN 89W AND 102W SE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 
FT IN PRIMARILY SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF LINE 04S120W TO 
18.5S88W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT IN SW SWELL... 
HIGHEST SW.
.24 HOUR FORECAST W OF LINE 00N110W TO 18.5S78W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST W OF LINE 00N97W TO 18.5S75W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN SW SWELL.

CONVECTION VALID AT 1530 UTC TUE MAR 27...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...
TROUGH 06.5S86W TO 08S91W TO 02S112W...THEN BECOMES ITCZ 
CONTINUING ON TO BEYOND 01.5S120W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED 
STRONG CONVECTION NOTED WITHIN 180 NM S OF TROUGH E OF 96W.

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

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

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.