000
FZPN04 KNHC 232215
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2315 UTC SAT AUG 23 2008

CCODE/1:31:16:01:00/AOW/NWS/CCODE
SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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

S PACIFIC FROM THE EQUATOR TO 18.5S E OF 120W

SYNOPSIS VALID 1800 UTC SAT AUG 23.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SUN AUG 24.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC MON AUG 25.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.SW OF LINE 07S120W TO 18.5S108W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 9 
TO 13 FT PRIMARILY IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE SW OF LINE 00N94W TO 
13S76W  WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN SE 
SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST SW OF LINE 04S120W TO 06S107W TO 18.5S95W E TO 
SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT PRIMARILY IN SW SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE SW OF LINE 02S120W TO 04S100W TO 18.5S90W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN SE SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 05S W OF 110W SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
10 TO 12 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE 00N98W TO 18.5S80W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN SW SWELL. 

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.FORECASTER NELSON. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.