000
FZPN04 KNHC 162233
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2315 UTC SAT JAN 16 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 SAT JAN 16.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC SUN JAN 17.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC MON JAN 18.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 10S W OF 95W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN MIXED 
E AND NW SWELL. N OF 08S E OF 90W SEAS TO 8 FT IN SW SWELL. 
ELSEWHERE WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN MIXED SE AND 
NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 08 W OF 95W E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 
TO 12 FT IN MIXED E AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE WINDS LESS THAN 20 
KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MIXED SE AND NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST W OF 95W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT 
IN MIXED E AND NW SWELL. E OF 95W S WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT 
IN MIXED SE AND NW SWELL.

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

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.FORECASTER NELSON. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.