000
FZPN04 KNHC 082238
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2315 UTC THU APR 08 2010

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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 APR 08.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC FRI APR 09.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SAT APR 10.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.ENTIRE FORECAST AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT 
PRIMARILY IN MERGING NW AND SW SWELL...HIGHEST N OF 10S W OF 
110W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 03S TO 16S BETWEEN 100W AND 112W SE TO E 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT IN MERGING S...SW AND NW SWELL... 
HIGHEST S OF 13S. ELSEWHERE S OF 14S W OF 91W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 10 TO 14 FT IN MERGING SW AND S SWELL. REMAINDER OF 
AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL.   
.48 HOUR FORECAST ENTIRE AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
14 FT IN MERGING S AND W SWELL...HIGHEST S OF 12S BETWEEN 85W 
AND 112W. 

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

.SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION N OF 03S BETWEEN 
105W AND 116W. 

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT
HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.