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FZPN04 KNHC 152255
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2315 UTC WED APR 15 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC WED APR 15.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC THU APR 16.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC FRI APR 17.

.WARNINGS.

...ASHFALL ADVISORY...
LA CUMBRE VOLCANO ON ISLA FERNANDINA GALAPAGOS LOCATED AT 
00.4S91.5W HAS ERUPTED. LIGHT VOLCANIC ASH EXTENDS 300 NM TO 
THE WEST OF THE VOLCANO MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT APPROXIMATELY 
10 KT. EXERCISE CAUTION AS VISIBILITIES LESS THAN 5 NM ARE 
LIKELY NORTH OF 02S BETWEEN 91.5W AND 96W...WITH LOWEST 
VISIBILITY NEAR THE WESTERN COAST OF ISLA FERNANDINA. GASES... 
INCLUDING SULFUR DIOXIDE...EXTEND 600 NM TO THE W OF THE 
VOLCANO. EXERCISE CAUTION DUE THE GASES IN THE AREA N OF 02S 
BETWEEN 91W AND 105W. 
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.W OF 105W N OF 16S TO LINE FROM 09S120W TO 05S105W E TO SE 
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 10 FT IN MIXED SE AND S SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE S OF LINE FROM 08S120W TO 04S110W TO 04S90W TO 13S77W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN S TO SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST W OF 105W FROM 05S TO 13S E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 
25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED SE AND S SWELL. ELSEWHERE FROM 
02S TO 06S E OF 97W AND FROM 02S TO 16S BETWEEN 97W AND 114W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN S TO SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 08S TO 13S BETWEEN 90W AND 102W E TO SE 
WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN SE SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF 100W 
FROM 03S TO 12S WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 2222 UTC WED APR 15...
.TROUGH FROM 02S103W TO 04S111W TO 02S120W. SCATTERED MODERATE 
WITHIN 180 NM S OF AXIS BETWEEN 108W AND 112W AND WITHIN 90 NM 
SE OF AXIS BETWEEN 102W AND 108W.

$$
.FORECASTER SCHAUER CLARK. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.