000
FZPN04 KNHC 221038
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1115 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC WED APR 22.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC THU APR 23.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC FRI APR 24.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.FROM 05S TO 15S 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 05S81W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 05S W OF 80W 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 18.5S75W 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 0930 UTC WED APR 22...
.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...05S100W TO 06S105W TO 04S120W. 
NO SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION NOTED.

$$
.FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.