High Seas Forecast
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HSFSP

HIGH SEAS FORECAST...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1730 UTC FRI MAR 15 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 MAR 15 2024.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC MAR 16 2024.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC MAR 17 2024.

.WARNINGS.

...GALE WARNING...
.LOW NEAR 24S179E 1003 MB NEARLY STATIONARY. TROUGH FROM LOW TO
18S160E. WINDS 30 TO 35 KT WITHIN 90 NM OF NE QUADRANT OF LOW
CENTER. WINDS 20 TO 30 KT ELSEWHERE WITHIN 240 NM OF E SEMICIRCLE
OF LOW CENTER S OF 26S. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT WITHIN 150 NM OF LOW
CENTER. SCATTERED STRONG TO MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 330 NM NE
QUADRANT OF LOW CENTER.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW NEAR 24S178W 1002 MB. TROUGH FROM LOW TO
18S160E. WINDS 30 TO 35 KT WITHIN 300 NM OF NE QUADRANT OF LOW
CENTER...20 TO 30 KT WITHIN 270 NM E SEMICIRCLE OF LOW CENTER.
SEAS 8 TO 9 FT WITHIN 90 NM S SEMICIRCLE OF LOW CENTER.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW NEAR 24S173W 1002 MB. TROUGH FROM LOW TO
17S160E. WINDS 30 TO 35 KT AND SEAS 8 TO 12 FT WITHIN 330 NM OF E
SEMICIRCLE OF LOW CENTER AND GENERALLY S OF TROUGH. WINDS 20 TO 30
KT ELSEWHERE S OF A LINE FROM LOW TO 23S168E TO 19S160E. SEAS 8
TO 10 FT S OF A LINE FROM 22S175W TO 23S167E TO 20S160E.


.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.LOW NEAR 25S155W 1005 MB MOVING SE SLOWLY. TROUGH ON EITHER SIDE
OF LOW FROM LOW TO 25S148W AND FROM LOW TO 18S173W TO LOW
MENTIONED ABOVE. WINDS 20 TO 30 KT AND SEAS 8 TO 9 FT WITHIN 150
NM EITHER W OR E SEMICIRCLE OF LOW CENTER. SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS
WITHIN 270 NM E OF LOW S OF 23S.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW NEAR 25S151W 1006 MB. TROUGH FROM LOW TO LOW
MENTIONED ABOVE. WINDS FALLEN TO 20 KT OR BELOW. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT
WITHIN 180 NM OF W AND E SEMICIRCLE OF LOW CENTER.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW MOVED S OF AREA.

.OTHERWISE...WINDS 20 KT OR BELOW AND SEAS 8 FT OR LOWER OVER
REMINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA.

.SCATTERED TO ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 90 NM OF A LINE FROM
20S154W TO 16S160W.


$$

.FORECASTER BLOOD. HONOLULU HI.


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