High Seas Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
197 FZPS40 PHFO 042240 HSFSP HIGH SEAS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 2330 UTC TUE JUN 04 2024 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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. THIS HIGH SEAS FORECAST USES 1-MINUTE AVERAGE WINDS WHICH MAY BE HIGHER THAN 10-MINUTE AVERAGE WINDS. SECURITE SOUTH PACIFIC EQUATOR TO 25S BETWEEN 120W AND 160E SYNOPSIS VALID 1800 UTC JUN 04 2024. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC JUN 05 2024. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC JUN 06 2024. .WARNINGS. .NONE. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .LOW 08S176E 1007 MB. TROUGH 25S152W 16S160W TO LOW TO 03S163E. LOW MOVING W SLOWLY. TROUGH AND LOW NEARLY STATIONARY. NUMEROUS STRONG TSTMS WITHIN 240 NM NE OF TROUGH BETWEEN 169W AND 176E. SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 150 NM OF TROUGH FROM 20S TO 13S. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS ELSEWHERE WITHIN 240 NM OF TROUGH W OF LOW. .24 HOUR FORECAST LOW 08S177E 1009 MB. TROUGH 25S151W 16S160W TO LOW TO 03S163E. N TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITHIN 420 NM E OF TROUGH S OF 22S. .48 HOUR FORECAST LOW 06S171E 1009MB. FRONT 25S150W 16S155W THENCE TROUGH 08S170W TO LOW TO 03S164E. NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITHIN 150 NM E OF FRONT S OF 18S. .COLD FRONT 25S169E 20S164E MOVING E SLOWLY. .24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT WEAKENED TO TROUGH 25S173E 20S169E. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 25S173E 22S170E. .NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 20S TO 10S E OF 145W. .24 HOUR FORECAST E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 18S TO 07S E OF 140W. .48 HOUR FORECAST E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 17S TO 08S E OF 140W... AND FROM 20S TO 10S W OF 180W. .WINDS 20 KT OR LESS REMAINDER FORECAST AREA. .SEAS 8 TO 12 FT S OF 16S BE OF 135W. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT S OF 22S BETWEEN 150W AND 165W. .24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 12 TO 15 FT S OF LINE 25S150W 20S160W 20S172W. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT ELSEWHERE S OF LINE 20S140W 13S170W 18S180W. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT S OF 09S E OF 135W. .48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 12 TO 14 FT S OF 20S BETWEEN 142W AND 166W. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT ELSEWHERE S OF LINE 05S120W 10S170W 15S176E. .SEAS 8 FT OR LOWER REMAINDER FORECAST AREA. .SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 180 NM OF A POINT 12S165E. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 90 NM OF A POINT 06S129W. $$ .FORECASTER ALMANZA. HONOLULU HI.