000
FZPN04 KNHC 141028
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1115 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC TUE APR 14.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC WED APR 15.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 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 06S W OF 95W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN SW 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE 00S94W TO 18.5S80W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 8 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 07S W OF 90W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 10 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 03S W OF 82W 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 0930 UTC TUE APR 14...
TROUGH FROM 05S98W TO 06S115W. NO SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION NOTED.

$$
.FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.