National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

• Home
• Site Map
• News
• Organization
• Search for: NWS All NOAA 

000
FZPS40 PHFO 221710
HSFSP

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1730 UTC WED MAY 22 2013

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 22 2013.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC MAY 23 2013.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC MAY 24 2013.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.FRONT FROM 25S176W TO 21S177E MOVING SE 15 KT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FROM 25S175W TO 21S178E.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FROM 25S167W TO 23S174W.

.TROUGH FROM 03S177E TO 12S175W MOVING W 15 KT. SCATTERED MODERATE
TO STRONG TSTMS FROM 02S TO 16S BETWEEN 165W AND 174E.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH FROM 03S172E TO 14S176E.
.48 HOUR FORECAST NEW LOW 11S170E 1009 MB. TROUGH FROM 03S169E TO
THE LOW. WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITHIN 150 NM E QUADRANT OF LOW.

.TROUGH FROM 23S132W TO 18S137W TO 11S142W MOVING WNW 10 KT.
ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 300 NM E OF TROUGH.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH DISSIPATED.

.24 HOUR FORECAST NEW FRONT FROM 25S120W TO 23S127W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WEAK FRONT FROM 24S120W TO 24S126W.

.48 HOUR FORECAST NEW FRONT FROM 25S163E TO 20S160E. WINDS 20 TO 25
KT S OF 22S W OF 167E.

.HIGH 22S160E 1014 MB MOVING SE 20 KT. RIDGE FROM HIGH TO 17S173E
TO 21S170W TO 25S158W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST HIGH 24S175E 1016 MB. RIDGE FROM 20S160E TO THE
HIGH TO 22S170W TO 25S156W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST HIGH AND RIDGE MOVED S OF FORECAST AREA.

.RIDGE FROM 25S120W TO 24S127W MOVING E 20 KT.

.OTHERWISE WINDS 20 KT OR LESS OVER REST OF FORECAST AREA.

.SEAS 8 TO 11 FT S OF A LINE FROM 00S130W TO 15S150W...AND FROM 08S
TO 16S BETWEEN 150W AND 170W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 8 TO 11 FT FROM 05S TO 22S E OF 138W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 8 TO 10 FT FROM 03S TO 15S E OF 137W.

.REMAINDER OF AREA SEAS 8 FT OR LESS.

$$
.HONOLULU HI.