000
FZPN04 KNHC 231601
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1715 UTC THU OCT 23 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 THU OCT 23.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC FRI OCT 24.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SAT OCT 25.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. 

.S OF 10S W OF 87W E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT. 
ELSEWHERE S OF 08S W OF 85W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 
FT IN SW SWELL. REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 10 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 05S W OF 88W E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 9 TO 12 FT IN MIXED SE AND SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 05S W OF 90W E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 9 TO 13 FT IN MIXED SE AND SW SWELL. S OF 10S E OF 90W E TO 
SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE SW OF 
LINE FROM 00N94W TO 10S78W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT 
PRIMARILY IN SW SWELL.

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

$$
.FORECASTER CANGIALOSI. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.