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FZPN04 KNHC 231618
HSFEP3

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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.W OF A LINE FROM 05S114W TO 09S102W TO 18.5S90W WINDS 20 KT OR 
LESS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST W OF A LINE FROM 07S115W TO 10S106W TO 
18.5S106W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN MIXED SE WIND 
WAVES AND SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

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

CONVECTION VALID AT 1500 UTC THU MAR 23...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...
TROUGH AXIS EXTENDS FROM 09S82W TO 3.4S92W TO 06S101W TO 04S108W 
TO 05S115W. ITCZ AXIS EXTENDS FROM 05S115W TO 05S120W. SCATTERED 
MODERATE WITHIN 180 NM EITHER SIDE OF THE TROUGH AXIS. SCATTERED 
MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG ELSEWHERE N OF 05S W OF 115W.

$$
.FORECASTER HUFFMAN. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.