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FZPS40 PHFO 080951
HSFSP

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1130 UTC WED MAY 08 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 MAY 08 2024.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC MAY 09 2024.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC MAY 10 2024.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.LOW NEAR 09S164E 1006 MB. FRONT FROM 08S160E TO LOW TO 15S178E
NEARLY STATIONARY...AND FROM 15S178E TO 25S166W MOVING E 10 KT.
S TO SE WINDS S OF A LINE FROM 25S178E TO 08S160E. SCATTERED
STRONG TO MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 180 NM EITHER SIDE OF FRONT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW ABSORBED INTO FRONT FROM 08S160E TO 10S170E
TO 15S171W TO 25S161W. S TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF A LINE FROM
25S177E TO 08S160E. S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF A LINE FROM
25S177E TO 20S172W. NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF 23S BETWEEN 159W TO
164W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FROM 08S160E TO 09S178E TO 15S168W TO
25S158W. SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF A LINE FROM 22S171E TO 10S160E.
S BECOMING NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT S OF 21S BETWEEN 157W AND 171E.

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

.SEAS 8 TO 10 FT S OF A LINE FROM 22S134W TO 20S167W TO 23S179E TO
24S162E...AND FROM 20S TO 02S BETWEEN 142W AND 157W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 8 TO 11 FT S OF A LINE FROM 24S173W TO
19S160E.
.48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 12 TO 15 FT S OF A LINE FROM 25S167W TO
22S176W TO 24S174E...AND SEAS 8 TO 12 FT ELSEWHERE S OF A LINE
FROM 25S163W TO 20S179W TO 23S163E.

.OTHERWISE...SEAS 8 FT OR LOWER OVER REMAINDER OF FORECAST AREA.

.SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 120 NM OF A LINE FROM 14S163W TO
06S171W. ISOLATED TSTMS WITHIN 90 NM OF 04S132W AND 02S161W.


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.FORECASTER BLOOD. HONOLULU HI.