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FZPN04 KNHC 111616
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1715 UTC SAT APR 11 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC SAT APR 11.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC SUN APR 12.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC MON APR 13.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 16S W OF 115W E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 11 TO 12 FT 
WITH SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE SW OF LINE 00N95W TO 15S76W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN SW SWELL...HIGHEST SW PART.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 16S W OF 116W SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 
10 TO 11 FT WITH SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF 100W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST SW OF LINE 00N100W TO 10S90W TO 18.5S88W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN SW SWELL.

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

CONVECTION VALID 1515 UTC SAT APR 11...
.SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 30 NM OF 08S105W.

TROUGH FROM 08S96W TO 07S98W TO 03S103W TO 01S110W. SCATTERED 
MODERATE FROM 07S TO 10S BETWEEN 95W AND 98W.

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.FORECASTER GR. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.