High Seas Forecast Issued by NWS
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FZPS40 PHFO 170515
HSFSP
HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
0530 UTC MON JUN 17 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC JUN 17 2013.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC JUN 18 2013.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC JUN 19 2013.
.WARNINGS.
.NONE.
.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.
.COLD FRONT FROM 25S146W TO 19S150W THENCE A STATIONARY FRONT TO
15S159W TO 15S174W. COLD FRONT MOVING E 15 KT. STATIONARY FRONT
ERODING FROM THE W. SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG TSTMS WITHIN 240 NM
E OF COLD FRONT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FROM 25S138W TO 17S143W TO 10S155W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FROM 25S129W TO 19S135W TO 17S143W.
.DEVELOPING COLD FRONT FROM 25S172E TO 19S168E MOVING E 10 KT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FROM 25S175E TO 18S169E.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FROM 25S179E TO 17S170E.
.STATIONARY FRONT FROM 18S120W TO 15S131W TO 19S143W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT DISSIPATED.
.RIDGE FROM 25S176E TO 20S175E.
.24 HOUR FORECAST RIDGE FROM 25S172W TO 18S176E.
.48 HOUR FORECAST RIDGE FROM 25S162W TO 18S173W TO 15S176E.
.RIDGE FROM 25S162W TO 21S156W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST RIDGE FROM 22S158W TO 17S148W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST RIDGE DISSIPATED.
.RIDGE FROM 25S139W TO 21S141W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST RIDGE DISSIPATED.
.WINDS 20 KT OR LESS ENTIRE FORECAST AREA.
.SEAS 11 TO 16 FT SE OF A LINE FROM 20S120W TO 20S130W TO 25S135W.
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT REMAINDER FORECAST AREA...EXCEPT SEAS 8 FT OR LESS
OVER FORECAST WATERS W OF A LINE FROM 00S179E TO 10S179E TO 13S170E
TO 25S174W AND ALSO FROM 10S TO 17S BETWEEN 141W AND 155W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 8 TO 11 FT ENTIRE FORECAST AREA...EXCEPT SEAS
8 FT OR LESS OVER FORECAST WATERS W OF A LINE FROM 00S179E TO
10S160W TO 18S178W TO 25S170W AND ALSO FROM 08S TO 18S BETWEEN 136W
AND 153W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 8 TO 11 FT ENTIRE FORECAST AREA...EXCEPT SEAS
8 FT OR LESS OVER FORECAST WATERS W OF A LINE FROM 00S179E TO
25S160W AND ALSO FROM 02S TO 17S BETWEEN 140W AND 151W.
.OTHERWISE SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG TSTMS FROM 00S TO 10S
BETWEEN 179E AND 160E. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS ELSEWHERE FROM 00S TO
20S BETWEEN 155W AND 160E.
$$
.FORECASTER A BEDAL. HONOLULU HI.