000
FZPN04 KNHC 152237
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2315 UTC SAT AUG 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC SAT AUG 15.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SUN AUG 16.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC MON AUG 17.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF LINE 03S120W TO 03S110W TO 18.5S80W E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN MIXED SE AND SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 04S BETWEEN 95W AND 115W E TO SE WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE E OF 95W S OF LINE 04S115W 
TO 11S78W SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN MIXED SE AND SW 
SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF LINE 09S120W TO 00S85W E TO SE WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT...HIGHEST S OF 11S E OF 90W.

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

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.FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.