000
FZPN04 KNHC 152228
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2315 UTC FRI JAN 15 2010

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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 JAN 15.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SAT JAN 16.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SUN JAN 17.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 08S BETWEEN 90W AND 115W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 
FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT 
IN PRIMARILY NW SWELL W OF 85 W AND SW SWELL E OF 85W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 12S W OF 95W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 10 
TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 
9 FT IN PRIMARILY NW SWELL W OF 85W AND SW SWELL E OF 85W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 10S W OF 100W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 
10 TO 12 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 10 FT IN NW SWELL.

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

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.FORECASTER LANDSEA. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.