000
FZPN04 KNHC 151036
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1115 UTC FRI MAY 15 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 FRI MAY 15.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SAT MAY 16.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SUN MAY 17.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 05S BETWEEN 115W AND 76W...E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 10 FT IN SW SWELL AND SE WIND WAVES.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 06S BETWEEN 80W AND 120W...SE WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL AND SE WIND WAVES.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS BELOW 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN SW SWELL 
AND SE WIND WAVES. 

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

.CONVECTION.

.AXIS WAS ALONG LINE FROM 08N77W TO 08N87W TO 10N98W TO 11N103W 
TO 10N110W TO 04N140W. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS MODERATE WITH 
ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION WAS OCCURRING WITHIN 300 NM S OF AXIS 
E OF 116W. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION WAS 
OCCURRING WITHIN 240 NM N OF AXIS W OF 96W. CONVECTION WILL 
REMAIN VERY ACTIVE DUE TO FAVORABLE UPPER LEVEL CONDITIONS.

$$
.FORECASTER STRIPLING. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.