000
FZPN04 KNHC 160431
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0515 UTC SAT MAY 16 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 SAT MAY 16.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SUN MAY 17.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC MON MAY 18.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF LINE 15S78W TO 10S85W TO 03S110W TO 03S118W...SE WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED SW SWELL AND SE WIND WAVES.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 08S BETWEEN 84W AND 115W...E TO SE WINDS 
20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN MIXED SW SWELL AND SE WIND WAVES.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 14S BETWEEN 80W AND 100W...SE TO E WINDS 
20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT. S OF 12S W OF 114W...WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 8 FT IN MIXED SE AND SW SWELL.

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

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.