000
FZPN04 KNHC 150423
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0515 UTC FRI MAY 15 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 FRI MAY 15.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SAT MAY 16.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN MAY 17.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 05S E OF 112W...E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT 
IN SW SWELL AND SE WIND WAVES.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 05S BETWEEN 85W AND 110W...SE WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL AND SE WIND WAVES.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 08S BETWEEN 95W AND 115W...SE TO E WINDS 
20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN SW SWELL AND SE WIND WAVES. 

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

.CONVECTION.

.ISOLATED MODERATE CONVECTION WAS NOTED WITHIN 90 NM OF 
09S118W...MOVING W-NW 15 TO 20 KT.

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.