000
FZPN04 KNHC 181032
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1115 UTC MON JAN 18 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC MON JAN 18.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC TUE JAN 19.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC WED JAN 20.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 08S W OF 92W E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN 
MIXED NW AND SE SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 04S W OF 90W SE WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS 9 TO 10 FT IN MERGING NW AND SE SWELL. REMAINDER OF 
AREA WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST W OF LINE 00N105W TO 18.5S80W E TO SE WINDS 20 
TO 25 KT...HIGHEST S OF 14S. SEAS 9 TO 10 FT IN MERGING SE AND 
NW SWELL....HIGHEST SW. REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 
TO 9 FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL.
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 09S W OF 94W E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 
SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MERGING NW AND SE SWELL. N OF 09S W OF 100W 
SE WINDS TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF 
LINE 00N94W TO 18.5S79W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT 
PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL. 

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

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.FORECASTER STRIPLING. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.