000
FZPN04 KNHC 210449
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0515 UTC TUE APR 21 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 TUE APR 21.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC WED APR 22.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU APR 23.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.SW OF LINE 00N105W TO 18.5S75W SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 
FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST SW OF LINE 00S93W 08N80W SE WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 05S80W E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE SEAS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW 
SWELL. 

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0300 UTC TUE APR 21...
.SE PAC INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE EXTENDS FROM 04S100W TO 
02S120W. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION NO SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION 
NOTED.

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.FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.