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FZPN04 KNHC 220415
HSFEP3

CCODE/1:31:16:01:00/AOW/NWS/CCODE
HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0515 UTC WED MAR 22 2017

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC WED MAR 22.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU MAR 23.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FRI MAR 24.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.FROM 07S TO 10S BETWEEN 107W AND 109W SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 07S BETWEEN 98W AND 114W WINDS 
20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL. REMAINDER OF AREA S 
OF 12S BETWEEN 86W AND 98W AND S OF 15S W OF 114W WINDS 20 KT OR 
LESS. SEAS TO 8 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF A LINE FROM 5.5S120W TO 5.5S112W TO 
09S102W TO 15S89W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT PRIMARILY 
IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF A LINE FROM 05S120W TO 10S97W WINDS 20 KT 
OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN MIXED SE AND SW SWELL.

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 0345 UTC WED MAR 22...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...
TROUGH FROM 04S83W TO LOW PRES 1010 MB NEAR 5S87W TO 03S95W TO 
06S107W TO 03S116W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 90-
120 NM EITHER SIDE OF THE TROUGH BETWEEN 82W AND 102W AND FROM 
05S TO 09S BETWEEN 105W AND 112W.

$$
.FORECASTER NR. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.