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FZPN03 KNHC 150942
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 UTC WED APR 15 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC WED APR 15.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC THU APR 16.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC FRI APR 17.

.WARNINGS.
...ASHFALL ADVISORY...
FERNANDINA VOLCANO POSITION 0.4S91.5W HAS ERUPTED. LIGHT 
VOLCANIC ASH EXTENDING 180 NM TO THE W OF THE VOLCANO MOVING 
WEST-NORTHWEST AT APPROXIMATELY 10 KT. MARINERS SHOULD EXERCISE 
CAUTION AS REDUCED VISIBILITIES LESS THAN 5 NM ARE LIKELY S OF 
02N BETWEEN 93W AND 95W. GASES...INCLUDING SULFUR 
DIOXIDE...EXTEND 600 NM TO THE W OF THE VOLCANO. MARINERS SHOULD 
FURTHER EXERCISE CAUTION DUE THE GASES IN THE AREA S OF 03N 
BETWEEN 91W AND 103W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.N OF 25N N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 TO 15 FT IN N SWELL 
N OF 28N BETWEEN 117W AND 130W...AND 8 TO 10 FT IN PRIMARILY N 
SWELL ELSEWHERE.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 25N E OF 120W NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 10 TO 13 FT. SEAS 11 TO 13 FT IN N SWELL. N OF 25N W OF 
120W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 24N E OF 120W N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 
FT IN NW SWELL. N OF 24N BETWEEN 120W AND 125W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN N SWELL.

.FROM 07N TO 25N W OF 120W NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT 
IN PRIMARILY NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 08N TO 24N W OF 110W NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 11 FT IN N AND NE SWELL.

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 30N SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. 
.12 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT 31N113W TO 29N114W. N OF FRONT W TO 
NW WINDS 20 KT. N OF 28N E OF FRONT SW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS 
THAN 8 FT ENTIRE AREA.
.24 HOUR FORECAST COLD FRONT E OF AREA. N OF 28N W TO NW WINDS 
20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 24N TO 27N NW WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 
8 FT.

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

CONVECTION VALID 0900 UTC WED APR 15...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS CAN BE FOUND ALONG A LINE 
FROM 06N77W TO 07N120W TO 04N140W. NO SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION 
NOTED.

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.FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.