000
FZPN04 KNHC 232258
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2315 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC THU OCT 23.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC FRI OCT 24.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SAT OCT 25.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. 

.S OF 06S BETWEEN 94W AND 115W E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
9 TO 12 FT IN SE TO S SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 08S W OF 83W E TO SE 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN SW SWELL. REMAINDER OF AREA 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 05S W OF 94W E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 9 TO 12 FT IN MIXED SE AND SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 04S W OF
85W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN SW SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT PRIMARILY 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 BETWEEN 82W
AND 90W SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE 
SW OF LINE FROM 00N95W TO 18.5W78W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 8 FT PRIMARILY IN SW SWELL.

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

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.FORECASTER AGUIRRE. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.