000
FZPN04 KNHC 021033
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1115 UTC SAT MAY 02 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 SAT MAY 02.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SUN MAY 03.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC MON MAY 04.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.SW OF LINE FROM 05S120W TO 18.5S100W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 18.5S99W TO 15S110W STATIONARY TO 
17S120W. S OF FRONT E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT 
WITH SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST STATIONARY FRONT 18.5S100W TO 17S114W TO 
16S120W. SW OF FRONT E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 10 TO 13 FT IN 
MIXED SE AND SW SWELL. WITHIN 180 NM NE OF FRONT WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN SW SWELL. 
 
.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

.CONVECTION VALID 1015 UTC MAY 02...
.ISOLATED MODERATE AND STRONG WITHIN 120 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE 
05S104W TO 06S111W TO 04S119W.

$$
.FORECASTER NELSON. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.