000
FZPN04 KNHC 220443
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0515 UTC WED APR 22 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC WED APR 22.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU APR 23.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FRI APR 24.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.FROM 05S TO 10S W OF 100W E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 12 
FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE SW OF LINE FROM 00S91W TO 06S81W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 06S W OF 85W SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 
FT IN PRIMARILY SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 
8 TO 10 FT IN SW SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF LINE 03S120W TO 14S75W E TO SE WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL. 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 0330 UTC WED APR 22...
.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...04S95W TO 03S100W TO 05S110W. 
NO SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION NOTED.

$$
.FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.