000
FZPN03 KNHC 160322
HSFEP2

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0430 UTC THU APR 16 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 THU APR 16.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FRI APR 17.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT APR 18.

.WARNINGS.

...ASHFALL ADVISORY...
.LA CUMBRE VOLCANO ON ISLA FERNANDINA GALAPAGOS LOCATED AT 
00.4S91.5W HAS ERUPTED. A LARGE PLUME OF UNKNOWN COMPOSITION 
EXTENDS 300 NM TO THE WEST OF THE VOLCANO MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST 
AT APPROXIMATELY 10 KT. EXERCISE CAUTION AS VISIBILITIES LESS 
THAN 5 NM ARE LIKELY SOUTH OF 01N BETWEEN 91.5W AND 97W. 
GASES...INCLUDING SULFUR DIOXIDE...EXTEND AS MUCH AS 1200 NM TO 
THE W OF THE VOLCANO. EXERCISE CAUTION DUE TO THE GASES IN THE 
AREA S OF 03N BETWEEN 91W AND 112W. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.N OF 25N FROM 115W TO 122W NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 12 
TO 15 FT WITH NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 22N BETWEEN 114W AND 124W 
N TO NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT WITH NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 21N FROM 111W TO 120W NW TO N WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT WITH NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST N OF 24N FROM 118W TO 125W N WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 10 FT WITH NW SWELL.

.W OF 125W FROM 06N TO 26N NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
11 FT WITH MIXED NE AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF 122W FROM 10N 
TO 25N NE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT WITH PRIMARILY NW 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE N OF 05N W OF 119W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 12 FT WITH MIXED NE AND NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST W OF 116W FROM 10N TO 21N NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 
25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT WITH MIXED NE AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE N 
OF 06N W OF 110W EXCEPT N OF 25N W OF 126W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT WITH MIXED NE AND NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST W OF 120W FROM 10N TO 24W NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 10 FT WITH PRIMARILY NE SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF 110W N 
OF 08N...EXCEPT N OF 25N BETWEEN 126W AND 136W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT WITH MIXED NE AND NW SWELL.

.GULF OF CALIFORNIA N OF 27N SW TO W WINDS 20 KT...EXCEPT W TO 
NW WINDS 20 KT N OF 30N. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST GULF OF CALIFORNIA FROM 24N TO 30N NW TO N 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.WITHIN 30 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 11N86W TO 10N90W 
INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0100 UTC THU APR 16...

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...06N77W TO 04N84W TO 05N104W TO 
08N120W TO 06N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 120 NM S OF AXIS 
FROM 86W TO 91W AND WITHIN 45 NM N AND 120 NM S OF AXIS FROM 
127W TO 135W.

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.FORECASTER SCHAUER CLARK. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.