000
FZPN04 KNHC 171018
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1115 UTC FRI APR 17 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC FRI APR 17.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SAT APR 18.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SUN APR 19.

.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 600 NM TO THE W OF THE 
VOLCANO IN THE AREA S OF 01N BETWEEN 91W AND 105W WITH A SECOND 
PLUME S OF 03N BETWEEN 112W AND 117W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.FROM 02W TO 13S W OF 90W SE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT 
IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 05S TO 13S BEWTEEN 88W TO 105W SE TO E 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. FROM 04S TO 10S W OF 105W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 05S TO 14S BETWEEN 98W AND 112W SE WINDS 
20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. S OF 15S W OF 112W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN SW SWELL.

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

$$
.FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.