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FZPN04 KNHC 280415
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0515 UTC WED MAR 28 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 WED MAR 28.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU MAR 29.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FRI MAR 30.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF A LINE 01S120W TO 18.5S85W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 13 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST W OF A LINE 00S100W TO 15S76W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST SW OF A LINE 00S93W TO 09S79W 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 0352 UTC WED MAR 28...
.TROUGH FROM 08S86W TO 02S104W. SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 120 NM 
S OF TROUGH FROM 92W TO 96W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...
ITCZ AXIS 03S110W TO 03S120W. NO SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION NOTED.

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

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.FORECASTER DGS. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.