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FZPN04 KNHC 212251
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2315 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC TUE APR 21.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC WED APR 22.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC THU APR 23.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.FROM 05S TO 11S W OF 100W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 
FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE SW OF LINE FROM 03S98W TO 10S87W TO 
18.5S75W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FROM 05S TO 14S BETWEEN 98W AND 117W SE WINDS 
TO 20 KT. SEAS 9 11 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE SW OF LINE FROM 
00N90W TO 11S78W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN SW 
SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 06S TO 12S W OF 100W AND S OF 14S BETWEEN
84W AND 112W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT. ELSEWHERE W OF 
LINE FROM 00N90W TO 10S79W 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 2230 UTC TUE APR 21...
.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...05S91W TO 04S99W TO 05S105W TO
05S110W TO 04S120W. SCATTERED ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 30 NM EITHER
SIDE OF AXIS BETWEEN 101W AND 106W. SCATTERED MODERATE WITHIN 30 
NM EITHER SIDE OF AXIS BETWEEN 111W AND 117W.

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.FORECASTER AGUIRRE. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.