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FZPN04 KNHC 162230
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI 
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2315 UTC THU AUG 16 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 THU AUG 16.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC FRI AUG 17.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SAT AUG 18.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 08S FROM 87W TO 107W  SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.  SEAS 10 FT.  
ELSEWHERE WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.  SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED SE AND S 
SWELL.  
.24 HOUR FORECAST  S OF 08S E OF 110W  SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 10 TO 13 FT IN MIXED SE AND S SWELL.  ELSEWHERE S OF 04S 
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.  SEAS TO 10 FT IN MIXED SE AND S SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST  S OF 02S WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.  SEAS 10 TO 12 
FT IN MIXED SE AND S SWELL S OF 05S AND 8 TO 10 FT IN S SWELL N 
OF 05S.  

$$
.FORECASTER WALLY BARNES.  NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.