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FZPN04 KNHC 162247
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2315 UTC THU APR 16 2009

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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 THU APR 16.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC FRI APR 17.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SAT APR 18.

.WARNINGS.

...ASHFALL ADVISORY...
.LA CUMBRE VOLCANO ON ISLA FERNANDINA GALAPAGOS LOCATED AT 
00.4S91.5W HAS ERUPTED. THE GOVERNMENT OF ECUADOR REPORTS THAT 
THE RESULTING PLUME CONTAINS VAPOR AND GASES WITH NO SIGNIFICANT 
ASH. THE WASHINGTON VAAC HAS DISCONTINUED ASHFALL ADVISORIES... 
BUT MARINERS SHOULD STILL EXERCISE CAUTION AS GASES...INCLUDING 
SULFUR DIOXIDE...EXTEND AS MUCH AS 1200 NM TO THE W OF THE 
VOLCANO IN THE AREA N OF 02S BETWEEN 91W AND 112W. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.W OF 102W FROM 05S TO 11S E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
10 FT IN MIXED SE AND SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF 93W FROM 09S TO 
15S E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE 
W OF 88W FROM 03S TO 16S WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN 
PRIMARILY SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST BETWEEN 90W AND 110W FROM 06S TO 12S E TO SE 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF 88W 
FROM 03S TO 12S WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED 
SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST BETWEEN 94W AND 113W FROM 06S AND 12S E TO SE 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN MIXED SWELL.

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

$$
.FORECASTER SCHAUER CLARK. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.