High Seas Forecast Issued by NWS
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FZPS40 PHFO 141041
HSFSP
HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1130 UTC THU MAR 14 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0600 UTC MAR 14 2024.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC MAR 15 2024.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC MAR 16 2024.
.WARNINGS.
.NONE.
.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.
.LOW 21S175E 1002 MB. TROUGH FROM 18S160E TO 19S168E TO
LOW TO 20S176W. LOW AND TROUGH MOVING SE SLOWLY.
E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITHIN 390 NM OF LOW. SCATTERED
STRONG TSTMS WITHIN 180 NM OF POINT 16S173E AND 16S170E.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW 21S177E 1003 MB. TROUGH FROM 30S170E TO
LOW TO 20S175W. WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITHIN 390 NM OF LOW.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW 23S178-E 1003 MB. TROUGH FROM LOW TO
20S170E 18S160E.
.LOW 22S159W 1006 MB MOVING SE 15 KT. TROUGH FROM 16S172W TO
LOW TO 19S172W. WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITHIN 180 NM N AND NE
OF LOW.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW 24S154W 1008 MB. TROUGH FROM 25S165W TO
LOW. WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITHIN 180 NM OF LOW.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW 25S152W 1007 MB. TROUGH FROM LOW TO
20S160W. ASSOCIATED WINDS DIMINISHED TO 20 KT OR LESS.
.TROUGH FROM 04S160E TO 09S166E TO 10S170E. MOVING W 15 KT.
ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 300 NM OF TROUGH.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH DISSIPATED.
.SEAS 8 TO 10 FT S OF 20S BETWEEN 170E AND 180W...AND
S OF 20S BETWEEN 165W AND 145W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 8 TO 10 FT S OF 20S BETWEEN 160W
AND 140W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS SUBSIDING TO BELOW 8 FT.
.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 FT OR LESS.
$$
.FORECASTER PECHACEK. HONOLULU HI.