000
FZPN04 KNHC 202217
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2315 UTC THU AUG 20 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 THU AUG 20.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC FRI AUG 21.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SAT AUG 22.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 05S E OF 110W E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT 
WITH SW SWELL. REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 12 FT IN MIXED SE AND SW SWELL...HIGHEST SEAS SW PORTION.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 05S E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
13 FT WITH SW SWELL. N OF 05S WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
11 FT PRIMARILY IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 10S E OF 100W SE WINDS 2O KT. SEAS 10 TO 
12 FT WITH SW SWELL. S OF 03S W OF 100W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS 10 TO 12 FT WITH MIXED SE AND SW SWELL. REMAINDER OF AREA 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN SW SWELL.

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.FORECASTER LL. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.