000
FZPN03 KNHC 150323
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC WED APR 15 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC WED APR 15.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU APR 16.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FRI APR 17.

.WARNINGS.
...ASHFALL ADVISORY...
FERNANDINA VOLCANO POSITION 0.4S91.5W HAS ERUPTED. LIGHT 
VOLCANIC ASH EXTENDING 180 NM TO THE W OF THE VOLCANO MOVING 
WEST-NORTHWEST AT APPROXIMATELY 10 KT. MARINERS SHOULD EXERCISE 
CAUTION AS REDUCED VISIBILITIES LESS THAN 5 NM ARE LIKELY S OF 
02N BETWEEN 91W AND 96W. GASES...INCLUDING SULFUR 
DIOXIDE...EXTENDING 600 NM TO THE W OF THE VOLCANO. MARINERS 
SHOULD FURTHER EXERCISE CAUTION ELSEWHERE S OF 05N BETWEEN 91W 
AND 105W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.N OF 25N E OF 135W W OF LINE FROM 25N122W TO 30N119W N TO NE 
WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 15 FT IN NW AND N SWELL. ELSEWHERE 
N OF 21N W OF 116W N TO NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 14 FT IN NW 
SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 24N BETWEEN 114W AND 121W NW TO N WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 15 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 22N 
BETWEEN 114W AND 124W N TO NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 14 FT IN 
NW SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 21N BETWEEN 113W AND 117W NW TO N WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 20N 
BETWEEN 110W AND 125W N TO NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN 
NW SWELL.

.W OF 130W FROM 09N TO 21N NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
12 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 04N W OF 120W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN PRIMARILY NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST W OF 124W FROM 08N TO 17N NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 
25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN MIXED NW AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF 
120W FROM 10N TO 26N NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN 
MIXED NE AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 05N W OF 120W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST W OF 115W FROM 12N TO 20N NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 
25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF 
113W FROM 09N TO 25N NE TO E WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN 
MIXED NW AND NW SWELL. W OF 125W FROM 06N TO 09N WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL.

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 30N S TO SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 
8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 28N W TO NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 
FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 26N TO 30N NW TO N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT.

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

CONVECTION VALID 0130 UTC WED APR 15...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...06N77W TO 05N83W TO 06N100W TO 
06N130W TO 08N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 75 NM N AND 45 NM 
S OF AXIS BETWEEN 110W AND 118W.

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.FORECASTER SCHAUER CLARK. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.