000
FZPN04 KNHC 230453
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0515 UTC MON FEB 23 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC MON FEB 23.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC TUE FEB 24.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC WED FEB 25.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 09S W OF LINE FROM 09S100W TO 18.5S75W E TO SE WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT WITH SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 08S WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 09S BETWEEN 90W AND 115W E TO SE WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS TO 9 FT WITH SW SWELL. S OF 10S E OF 90W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN S SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 09S W OF 85W SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 
FT IN SW SWELL. 

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

$$
.FORECASTER COBB. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.