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FZPN03 KNHC 140931
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC TUE APR 14 2009

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 THE EQUATOR TO 30N E OF 140W

SYNOPSIS VALID 0600 UTC TUE APR 14.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC WED APR 15.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC THU APR 16.

.WARNINGS.
...ASHFALL ADVISORY...
FERNANDINA VOLCANO POSITION 0.4S91.5W HAS ERUPTED. VOLCANIC
ASH MAY BE REACHING THE SURFACE IN THE VICINITY OF FERNANDINA.
LIGHT ASH CLOUD MOVING WNW AT 15 KT. MARINERS SHOULD EXERCISE 
CAUTION AS REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM THE ASH COULD SIGNIFICANTLY 
IMPACT MARINE OPERATIONS.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 02N BETWEEN 91W AND 93W OCCASIONAL VSBY
BELOW 5 NM IN VOLCANIC ASH.
.36 HOUR FORECAST CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE PROVIDED NO FURTHER
ERUPTIONS.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.N OF 26N BETWEEN 120W AND 130W NW TO N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
10 FT IN N SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 24N W OF 117W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 25N BETWEEN 115W AND 130W NW TO N WINDS 
20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 10 TO 18 FT IN NW TO N SWELL. N OF 25N W OF 
130W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NW AND NE 
WINDS.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 24N E OF 122W NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
10 TO 15 FT IN NW SWELL. N OF 24N W OF 122W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN N SWELL.

.S OF 24N W OF 125W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN 
MIXED N AND SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE FROM 03N TO 17N W OF 105W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN PRIMARILY SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 03N TO 25N W OF 115W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 
25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN MIXED SW AND NE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 05N TO 25N W OF 115W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 
25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL.

.12 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 29N SW WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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

CONVECTION VALID 0915 UTC TUE APR 14...
.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...ITCZ AXIS CENTERED ALONG 06N. 
SCATTERED MODERATE TO ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION N OF AXIS 
WITHIN 120 NM OF THE COAST OF WESTERN PANAMA. SCATTERED MODERATE 
WITHIN 120 NM N OF AXIS BETWEEN 120W AND 124W.

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.FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.