000
FZPN04 KNHC 200442
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0515 UTC MON APR 20 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC MON APR 20.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC TUE APR 21.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC WED APR 22.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.FROM 03S TO 14S BETWEEN 94W TO 113W SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
9 TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE SW OF LINE 01S120W TO 03S100W TO 18.5S74W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 14 FT IN SW SWELL...HIGHEST SW.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 04S TO 12S BETWEEN 105W AND 115W E TO SE 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 10 TO 13 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 05S TO 13S W OF 105W SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
10 TO 12 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE SW OF LINE 00S93W TO 06S81W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN SW SWELL.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0400 UTC MON APR 20...
.SE PAC INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE EXTENDS FROM 04S96W TO 
03S110W. NO SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION IS NOTED.

$$
.FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.