000
FZPN04 KNHC 171620
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1715 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC FRI APR 17.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SAT APR 18.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 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 FROM 01N TO 03S BETWEEN 91W AND 105W WITH A 
SECOND PLUME FROM 03N TO 02S BETWEEN 112W AND 118W. SUBSEQUENT 
INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC TROPICAL WEATHER 
DISCUSSION UNDER AWIPS/WMO HEADERS MIATWDEP/AXPZ20 KNHC.

.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 BETWEEN 90W TO 110W SE TO E 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 13S W OF 110W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
9 TO 14 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 5S W OF 95W E TO SE WINDS 
TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 1530 UTC FRI APR 17...
.TROUGH FROM 02S97W TO 02S103W TO 03S108W TO 02S113W TO 04S120W. 
SCATTERED MODERATE FROM 01S TO 05S W OF 105W.

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.FORECASTER GR. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.