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FZPN04 KNHC 211617
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1715 UTC TUE APR 21 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 21.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC WED APR 22.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC THU APR 23.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.FROM 05S TO 11S W OF 105W SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 10 TO 13 FT IN 
SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE SW OF LINE 00S100W TO 14S75W WINDS LESS THAN 
20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 05S TO 15S BETWEEN 95W AND 100W SE WINDS 
20 KT. SEAS 11 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE SW OF LINE 00S90W TO 
05S80W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 05S W OF 100W AND S OF 15S BETWEEN 85W 
AND 100W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE 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 1545 UTC TUE APR 21...
.SE PAC INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE FROM 05S101W TO 03S115W 
TO 04S120W. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION WITHIN 60 NM EITHER 
SIDE OF AXIS FROM 102W AND 108W.

$$
.FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.