000
FZPN04 KNHC 182228
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2315 UTC SAT APR 18 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 SAT APR 18.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SUN APR 19.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC MON APR 20.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.FROM 04S TO 13S BETWEEN 90W AND 115W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT IN MIXED SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 05S TO 15S BETWEEN 94W AND 110W E TO SE 
WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. ELSEWHERE SW OF LINE FROM 04S120W 
TO 18.5S75W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 15 FT IN SW 
SWELL...HIGHEST SW.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 04S TO 14S W OF LINE FROM 04S107W TO 
14S92W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 10 TO 13 FT IN SW SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE SW OF LINE FROM 00N110W TO 18.5S74W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT IN SW SWELL.

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

.CONVECTION VALID 2015 UTC SAT APR 18...
.TROUGH 04S88W TO 03S93W TO 02S104W. SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 
120 NM N AND 60 NM S OF TROUGH BETWEEN 94W AND 98W.

$$
.FORECASTER SCHAUER CLARK. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.