000
FZPN04 KNHC 160441
HSFEP3

CCODE/1:31:16:01:00/AOW/NWS/CCODE
HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0515 UTC WED APR 16 2008
SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC WED APR 16
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU APR 17
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FRI APR 18

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 08S FROM 80W TO 108W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT 
IN MIXED SE AND SW SWELL. S OF 08W E OF 80W SE WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT. S OF 08S W OF 108W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 10 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 06S FROM 84W TO 102W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN SE SWELL. S OF 05S W OF 102W E TO SE 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN PRIMARILY SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE 
S OF 08S WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN S SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 06S BETWEEN 83W AND 100W E TO SE WINDS TO 
20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED S AND SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF 
90W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED SE AND SW 
SWELL. 

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

.CONVECTION VALID 0400 UTC WED APR 16...
INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...AXIS 05S90W TO 04S97W TO 
05S103W. SCATTERED MODERATE FROM 05S TO 08S BETWEEN 93W AND 96W.

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FORECASTER WALLACE. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.