000
FZPN04 KNHC 201618
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1715 UTC WED JAN 20 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC WED JAN 20.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC THU JAN 21.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC FRI JAN 22.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 03S BETWEEN 95W AND 116W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 
FT IN MERGING SE AND NW SWELL. S OF 12S W OF 116W E TO SE WINDS 
20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN MERGING SE AND NW SWELL. ELSEWHERE W 
OF LINE 00N96W TO 15S76W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT 
IN MERGING SE AND NW SWELL.  
.24 HOUR FORECAST S OF 03S W OF 103W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 
TO 10 FT PRIMARILY IN MIXED NW AND SE SWELL. ELSEWHERE W OF 96W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 FT IN MIXED NW AND SE SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST W OF 96W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 
FT PRIMARILY IN NW SWELL...HIGHEST NW PART.

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

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.FORECASTER AL. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.