000
FZPN04 KNHC 190418
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
0515 UTC WED AUG 19 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 WED AUG 19.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC THU AUG 20.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC FRI AUG 21.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 03S E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED SE AND 
SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 05S BETWEEN 85W AND 110W E TO SE WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT WITH SW SWELL. REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT PRIMARILY IN SW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 08S E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 
13 FT WITH SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
11 FT PRIMARILY IN SW SWELL.

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

$$
.FORECASTER NELSON. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.