000
FZPN04 KNHC 242245
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2315 UTC FRI APR 24 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 FRI APR 24.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SAT APR 25.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SUN APR 26.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 09S BETWEEN 83W AND 103W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 
FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 04S W OF 100W WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 09S BETWEEN 83W AND 100W AND FROM 08S TO 
14S BETWEEN 100W AND 110W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT 
IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 03S W OF 100W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN SW SWELL.
,48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 11S BETWEEN 84W AND 100W E TO SE WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 03S 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 2215 UTC FRI APR 24...

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...07S92W TO 05S100W TO 05S106W. 

SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 60 NM S OF THE AXIS 
BETWEEN
98W AND 103W.

$$
.FORECASTER AGUIRRE. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.