000
FZPN04 KNHC 211024
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1115 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC TUE APR 21.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC WED APR 22.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC THU APR 23.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 12S BETWEEN 85W AND 95W SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 10 TO 13 FT 
IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE SW OF LINE 00S100W TO 14S75W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 04S TO 10S W OF 105W SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
11 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE SW OF LINE 00S90W TO 08S90W TO 
05S80W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 05S W OF 85W 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 1000 UTC TUE APR 21...
.SE PAC INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE EXTENDS FROM 05S90W TO 
03S105W TO 03S120W. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION WITHIN 90 NM S 
OF AXIS BETWEEN 110W AND 112W.

$$
.FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.