000
FZPN04 KNHC 140428
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0515 UTC TUE APR 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC TUE APR 14.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC WED APR 15.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU APR 16.

.WARNINGS.
...ASHFALL ADVISORY...
FERNANDINA VOLCANO POSITION 0.4S91.5W HAS ERUPTED. VOLCANIC
ASH MAY BE REACHING THE SURFACE IN THE VICINITY OF FERNANDINA.
LIGHT ASH CLOUD MOVING WNW AT 15 KT. MARINERS SHOULD EXERCISE 
CAUTION AS REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM THE ASH COULD SIGNIFICANTLY 
IMPACT MARINE OPERATIONS.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 01S BETWEEN 91W AND 93W OCCASIONAL VSBY
BELOW 5 NM IN VOLCANIC ASH.
.48 HOUR FORECAST CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE PROVIDED NO FURTHER
ERUPTIONS.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 09S W OF 95W SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN SW SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE W OF LINE 00S06W TO 18.5S80W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 08S W OF 95W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 10 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 04S W OF 83W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

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

CONVECTION VALID 0330 UTC TUE APR 14...
TROUGH FROM 10S101W TO 09S106W TO 07S110W. NO SIGNIFICANT 
CONVECTION NOTED.

$$
.FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.