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FZPN04 KNHC 231651
HSFEP3

CCODE/1:31:16:01:00/AOW/NWS/CCODE
HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1715 UTC SAT APR 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC SAT APR 23.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN APR 24.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC MON APR 25.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.N OF 11S BETWEEN 98W AND 111W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 9
FT IN MIXED SW AND NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 05.5S TO 14.5S BETWEEN 88W AND 116W WINDS
20 KT OR LESS. SEAS TO 8 FT IN MIXED SW AND NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 04S W OF 111W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8
TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL. S OF 11S BETWEEN 76W AND 93W WINDS 20 KT OR
LESS. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL.

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

CONVECTION VALID 1500 UTC SAT APR 23... 

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... 
ITCZ EXTENDS FROM 04.5S88W TO 04S100W TO 05S112W. WIDELY
SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION NOTED WITHIN 60
NM OF ITCZ BETWEEN 90W AND 96W...AND BETWEEN 106W AND 112W. 

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.