000
FZPN03 KNHC 140334
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC TUE APR 14 2009

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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

E PACIFIC FROM THE EQUATOR TO 30N E OF 140W

SYNOPSIS VALID 0000 UTC TUE APR 14.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC WED APR 15.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU APR 16.

.WARNINGS.
...ASHFALL ADVISORY...
FERNANDINA VOLCANO POSITION 0.4S91.5W HAS ERUPTED. VOLCANIC
ASH MAY BE REACHING THE SURFACE IN THE VICINITY OF FERNANDINA.
LIGHT ASH CLOUD MOVING WNW AT 15 KT. MARINERS SHOULD EXERCISE 
CAUTION AS REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM THE ASH COULD SIGNIFICANTLY 
IMPACT MARINE OPERATIONS.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 02N BETWEEN 91W AND 93W OCCASIONAL VSBY
BELOW 5 NM IN VOLCANIC ASH.
.36 HOUR FORECAST CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE PROVIDED NO FURTHER
ERUPTIONS.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.N OF 26N BETWEEN 120W AND 127W NW TO N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
10 FT IN N SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 22N W OF 127W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 26N BETWEEN 119W AND 125W NW TO N WINDS 
20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 11 TO 18 FT IN NW TO N SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 25N E OF 110W NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
10 TO 15 FT IN NW SWELL. 

.FROM 07N TO 22N W OF 127W AND FROM 07N TO 15N BETWEEN 117W AND
127W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. ELSEWHERE W OF 105W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED SW AND NW SWELL. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 08N W OF 125W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 11 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 07N W OF 117W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 07N TO 25N W OF 125W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 
25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. ELSEWHERE NW OF LINE 27N114W TO 14N122W 
TO 04N140W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN PRIMARILY NW 
SWELL.

.18 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 29N S TO SW WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 29N SW TO W WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

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

CONVECTION VALID 0315 UTC TUE APR 14...
.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...06N78W TO 05N81W TO 06N90W TO
07N101W TO 06N112W TO 06N123W TO 07N129W TO 05N140W. SCATTERED 
MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG FROM 04N TO 08N BETWEEN 85W AND 88W
AND WITHIN 90 NM OF AXIS BETWEEN 122W AND 125W. SCATTERED 
MODERATE WITHIN 60 NM OF AXIS BETWEEN 118W AND 120W.

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.FORECASTER AGUIRRE. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.