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FZPN03 KNHC 142129
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2230 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC TUE APR 14.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC WED APR 15.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC THU APR 16.

.WARNINGS.
...ASHFALL ADVISORY...
FERNANDINA VOLCANO POSITION 0.4S91.5W HAS ERUPTED. IMAGERY SHOWS 
A RELATIVELY THICK PLUME OF GASES AND LIGHT VOLCANIC ASH 
EXTENDING 120 NM TO THE W OF THE VOLCANO. LIGHT ASH CLOUD MOVING 
WEST-NORTHWEST AT APPROXIMATELY 10 KT. MARINERS SHOULD EXERCISE 
CAUTION AS REDUCED VISIBILITIES LESS THAN 5 NM ARE LIKELY S OF 
01N BETWEEN 91W AND 94W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 01N BETWEEN 91W AND 94W OCCASIONAL 
VISIBILITY LESS THAN 5 NM IN VOLCANIC ASH.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.N OF 27N BETWEEN 122W AND 134W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 25N W OF 120W N TO NE 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 
26N W OF 117W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 25N BETWEEN 115W AND 127W N TO NE WINDS 
20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 10 TO 18 FT IN NW SWELL. N OF 23N FROM 114W TO 
137W N TO NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN PRIMARILY N 
SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 18N BETWEEN 111W AND 127W N TO NE WINDS 
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF 110W 
FROM 15N TO 25N N TO NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED 
NE AND NW SWELL.

.FROM 09N TO 25N W OF LINE FROM 25N132W TO 16N132W TO 09N118W NE 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT IN MIXED NW AND NE SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE FROM 05N TO 13N W OF 113W AND ELSEWHERE N OF 13W W OF 
120W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 08N TO 23N W OF 123W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 
25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN PRIMARILY NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 04N 
W OF 120W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 08N TO 15N W OF 115W NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 
25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NE AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 
05N W OF 127W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED NE 
AND NW SWELL.

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 30N S TO SW WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 29N SW TO W WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 25N TO 30N NE TO N WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 
LESS THAN 8 FT.

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

CONVECTION VALID 2000 UTC TUE APR 14...
.SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 75 NM W SEMICIRCLE OF 07N84W.

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...06N78W TO 05N86W TO 07N103W TO 
06N120W TO 08N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 90 NM OF AXIS 
BETWEEN 112W AND 121W. 

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.FORECASTER SCHAUER CLARK. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.