000
FZPN04 KNHC 181649
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1715 UTC SAT OCT 18 2008

CCODE/1:31:16:01:00/AOW/NWS/CCODE
SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC SAT OCT 18.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN OCT 19.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC MON OCT 20.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. 

.S OF 06S W OF LINE FROM 06S100W TO 18.5S80W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 
KT. SEAS 10 TO 12 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE SW OF LINE FROM 
00N102W TO 15S76W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN SW 
SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 07S W OF 106W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS 10 TO 12 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE SW OF LINE FROM 00N93W 
TO 10S78W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 12S W OF 110W E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 12 TO 14 FT IN S TO SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 04S W OF 100W 
E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT IN SW SWELL...HIGHEST 
FAR S. ELSEWHERE SW OF LINE FROM 00S91W TO 07S80W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL.

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

$$
.FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.