000
FZPN03 KNHC 141516
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1630 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC TUE APR 14.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC WED APR 15.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 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 10 TO 15 KT. MARINERS SHOULD 
EXERCISE CAUTION AS REDUCED VISIBILITIES LESS THAN 5 NM ARE 
LIKELY S OF 01N BETWEEN 91W AND 93W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 01N BETWEEN 91W AND 93W OCCASIONAL 
VISIBILITY LESS THAN 5 NM IN VOLCANIC ASH.
.30 HOUR FORECAST CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE PROVIDED NO FURTHER
ERUPTIONS.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.N OF 27N BETWEEN 120W AND 132W NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25KT. SEAS 8 
TO 13 FT IN NW 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 24N BETWEEN E OF 128W N TO NE WINDS 20 
TO 30 KT. SEAS 10 TO 18 FT IN NW TO N SWELL. N OF 24N W OF 128W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 23N E OF 123W NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
9 TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL. N OF 24N BETWEEN 123W AND 130W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL.

.FROM 06N TO 24N W OF 123W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT 
IN MIXED NW AND SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE FROM 03N TO 17N W OF 110W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN PRIMARILY SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 06N TO 24N W OF 122W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 
25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 06N TO 24N W OF 115W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 
25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN MIXED NW SWELL.

.06 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 29N S TO SW WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 29N SW TO W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 
FT.
.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 1500 UTC TUE APR 14...
.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...06N78W TO 05N90W TO 07N110W TO 
07N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 180 NM N OF AXIS E OF 89W. 
SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 120 NM N OF AXIS BETWEEN 116W AND 127W.

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.FORECASTER CANGIALOSI. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.