000
FZPN04 KNHC 181037
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1115 UTC TUE AUG 18 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 AUG 18.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC WED AUG 19.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC THU AUG 20.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF LINE 12S120W TO 02S103W TO 00S87W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN MIXED SE TO SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF LINE 05S120E TO 01S104W TO 00S87W E TO SE 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN MIXED SE AND SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 07S E OF 108W E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 9 TO 12 FT IN MIXED SE AND SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE SE TO S 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN MIXED SE AND SW 
SWELL.

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

$$
.FORECASTER NELSON. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.