000
FZPN04 KNHC 142236
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2315 UTC SAT FEB 14 2009

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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 FEB 14.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SUN FEB 15.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC MON FEB 16.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF LINE 04S120W TO 08S78W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 
FT IN MIXED SE AND SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF LINE 04S120W TO 16S74W E TO SE WINDS TO 
20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF LINE 00N108W TO 16S74W E TO SE WINDS TO 
20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN MIXED SW AND NW SWELL.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 2115 UTC SAT FEB 14...
SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION IS WITHIN 180 NM EITHER SIDE OF 
LINE 05S86W TO 08S91W AND WITHIN 15 NM OF 07N98W.

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.FORECASTER NELSON. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.