High Seas Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
489 FZPS40 PHFO 271508 HSFSP HIGH SEAS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1730 UTC MON MAY 27 2024 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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 1200 UTC MAY 27 2024. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC MAY 28 2024. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC MAY 29 2024. .WARNINGS. .NONE. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .TROUGH 25S157W 19S180W 09S165E 09S160E NEARLY STATIONARY. SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT BETWEEN TROUGH AND 20S W OF 175E. SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS FROM 20S TO 10S BETWEEN 180W AND 164W. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS ELSEWHERE WITHIN 120 NM OF TROUGH. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 25S161W 18S180W 08S160E. SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT BETWEEN TROUGH AND LINE 20S176E 25S160E. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 25S161W 13S180W 07S160E. SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT BETWEEN TROUGH AND LINE 18S180E 25S160E. .WEAK STATIONARY FRONT 18S120W 16S124W NEARLY STATIONARY. .24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT WEAKENED TO TROUGH 18S120W 18S126W. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH DISSIPATED. .TROUGH 05S171E 11S177E MOVING SW 15 KT. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS FROM 12S TO 06S BETWEEN 172E AND 177W. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH DISSIPATED. .E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 17S TO 10S BETWEEN 150W AND 140W. .24 HOUR FORECAST E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 20S TO 12S BETWEEN 155W AND 134W. .48 HOUR FORECAST E WINDS EASED TO 20 KT OR LESS. .24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 8 TO 9 FT S OF 20S W OF 178E... AND S OF 20S BETWEEN 175W AND 158W. .48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 8 TO 11 FT S OF A LINE FROM 25S145W TO 12S160W TO 14S170W... AND FROM 22S TO 11S W OF 176E. .REMAINDER OF AREA...WINDS 20 KT OR LESS AND SEAS 8 FT OR LESS. .ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS FROM 10S TO 03S BETWEEN 178W AND 167W. $$ .FORECASTER SHIGESATO. HONOLULU HI.