000
FZPN04 KNHC 281615
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1715 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC WED MAR 28.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC THU MAR 29.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC FRI MAR 30.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 16S BETWEEN 92W AND 101W SE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 10 TO 
12 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE 00N107W TO 18.5S76W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST W OF LINE 00N97W TO 10S82W TO 18.5S76W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST W OF LINE 00N92W TO 05S88W TO 07S81W TO 
18.5S79W 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 1515 UTC WED MAR 28...
.TROUGH FROM 05S86W TO 06S95W TO 05S100W. SCATTERED MODERATE 
WITHIN 120 NM S OF TROUGH FROM 89W TO 95W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...
ITCZ AXIS FROM 04S105W TO BEYOND 04S120W. NO SIGNIFICANT 
CONVECTION.

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

$$
.FORECASTER STRIPLING. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.