000
FZPN04 KNHC 091023
HSFEP3

CCODE/1:31:16:01:00/AOW/NWS/CCODE
HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1115 UTC WED MAR 09 2016

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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

E PACIFIC FROM 03.4S TO 18.5S E OF 120W.

SYNOPSIS VALID 0600 UTC WED MAR 09.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC THU MAR 10.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC FRI MAR 11.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.W OF LINE FROM 03.4S92W TO 13S82W TO 18.5S82W WINDS 20 KT OR
LESS. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN PRIMARILY NW SWELL MIXED WITH SW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST W OF LINE FROM 06S120W TO 14S113W TO 18.5S115W
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 FT IN W TO NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE FROM
12S TO 16S BETWEEN 86W TO 97W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 FT IN
NW SWELL.   
.48 HOUR FORECAST SW OF LINE FROM 07S120W TO 18.5S109W WINDS 20
KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN MERGING SW TO NW SWELL. 

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

CONVECTION VALID 0900 UTC WED MAR 9...

.ITCZ FROM 06S85W TO 06S93W TO 03S98W. SCATTERED MODERATE TO
ISOLATED STRONG FROM 9S TO ITCZ BETWEEN 89WAND 92W...FROM 02S TO
06S BETWEEN 96W AND 102W. 

$$
.FORECASTER PAW. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.