000
FZPN04 KNHC 182245
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2315 UTC FRI DEC 18 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 DEC 18.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SAT DEC 19.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SUN DEC 20.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 14S BETWEEN 85W AND 102W SE WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 
8 FT IN PRIMARILY SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF LINE FROM 18.5S105W TO 10S98W TO 18.5S80W 
E TO SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN MIXED SW AND SE SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF LINE FROM 18.5S107W TO 10S95W TO 18.5S72W 
E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED SW AND SE SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE...SW OF A LINE FROM 14.5S120W TO 18.5S116W NE WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT. 

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

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT 
HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE

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.FORECASTER AL. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.