000
FZPN04 KNHC 182258
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2315 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC SAT OCT 18.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SUN OCT 19.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC MON OCT 20.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. 

.FROM 07S TO 15S BETWEEN 100W AND 115W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS 10 TO 12 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE SW OF LINE FROM 00N102W 
TO 12S88W TO 18.5S76W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT
PRIMARILY IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 07S TO 15S W OF 100W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT.
SEAS 10 TO 12 FT IN SW SWELL...HIGHEST FAR SW PART. ELSEWHERE SW 
OF LINE FROM 00N91W TO 10S84W TO 18.5S75W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 12S W OF 100W E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 12 TO 14 FT IN S TO SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 04S WINDS LESS
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN SW SWELL.

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

$$
.FORECASTER AGUIRRE. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.