000
FZPN04 KNHC 141631
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1715 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC TUE APR 14.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC WED APR 15.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 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 10 TO 15 KT. MARINERS SHOULD EXERCISE 
CAUTION AS REDUCED VISIBILITIES LESS THAN 5 NM ARE LIKELY N OF 
01S BETWEEN 91.5W AND 93W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST N OF 01S BETWEEN 91.5W AND 93W OCCASIONAL 
VISIBILITY LESS THAN 5 NM IN VOLCANIC ASH.
.48 HOUR FORECAST CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE PROVIDED NO FURTHER
ERUPTIONS.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 06S W OF 90W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN SW 
SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF LINE 03S95W TO 18.5S82W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 07S W OF 90W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 10 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 03S W OF 82W WINDS LESS 
THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

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

CONVECTION VALID 1530 UTC TUE APR 14...
TROUGH FROM 04S98W TO 04S110W TO 02S119W. SCATTERED MODERATE 
WITHIN 120 NM N AND 240 NM S OF AXIS BETWEEN 100W AND 105W.

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.FORECASTER CANGIALOSI. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.