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FZPN04 KNHC 232224
HSFEP3

CCODE/1:31:16:01:00/AOW/NWS/CCODE
HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2315 UTC WED MAR 23 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC WED MAR 23.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC THU MAR 24.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC FRI MAR 25.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 11S BETWEEN 90W AND 99W E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS TO
9 FT. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE FROM 03.4S98W TO 10S89W TO 18.5S81W
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED SW AND NW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST W OF LINE FROM 03.4S96W TO 15S88W TO 18.5S90W
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED SW AND NW
SWELL...EXCEPT IN SE SWELL S OF 10S E OF 100W. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST W OF LINE FROM 03.4S97W TO 08S91W TO 16S91W TO
18.5S88W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED SW AND NW
SWELL.

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

CONVECTION VALID 2100 UTC WED MAR 23...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...      

ITCZ EXTENDS FROM 06S87W TO 00.5N103W TO BEYOND 00N120W.
SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG N OF 10S BETWEEN 88W
AND 96W.

$$
.FORECASTER STRIPLING. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.