000
FZPN04 KNHC 191632
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1715 UTC SUN APR 19 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 SUN APR 19.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC MON APR 20.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC TUE APR 21.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF A LINE FROM 18.5S80W TO 03S90W TO 04S110W TO 11S111W TO 
18.5S95W...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED SW SWELL AND SE 
WIND WAVES. SW OF LINE FROM 11S120W TO 18.5S105W...WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 14 FT IN MIXED SW SWELL AND E WIND 
WAVES...HIGHEST SW.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 03S TO 14S BETWEEN 92W AND 118W...SE 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT IN MIXED SW SWELL AND SE WIND 
WAVES. ELSEWHERE SW OF LINE FROM 00S117W TO 18.5S76W...WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 14 FT IN MIXED SW SWELL AND E WINDS 
WAVES...HIGHEST SW.
.48 HOUR FORECAST SW OF LINE 00S99W TO 17.5S73W...WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT PRIMARILY IN SW SWELL.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 1500 UTC SUN APR 19...
.SE PAC INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE EXTENDS FROM 04S88W TO 
03S103W TO 04S110W. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION 
WAS NOTED WITHIN 60 NM OF AXIS BETWEEN 93W AND 106W.

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.