000
FZPN04 KNHC 040418
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0515 UTC MON MAY 04 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 MON MAY 04.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC TUE MAY 05.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC WED MAY 06.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.TROUGH FROM 18.5S110W TO 16S120W. S OF TROUGH E TO SE WINDS TO 
20 KT. SEAS 10 TO 13 FT. WITHIN 120 NM NE OF TROUGH N WINDS TO 
20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH S OF AREA...RIDGE 18.5S6W TO 11S119W. 
S OF LINE 02S120W TO 18.5S75W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
12 FT IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST RIDGE 18.5S96W TO 08N120W. S OF 15S W OF 115W 
NW TO N WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE SW 
OF LINE 00S100W TO 10S78W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT 
PRIMARILY IN SW SWELL...HIGHEST S OF 15S BETWEEN 75W AND 90W.

.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

$$
.FORECASTER NELSON. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.