High Seas Forecast
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HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1130 UTC MON JUN 10 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS ACCEPTING PUBLIC COMMENTS UNTIL
JULY 29 2024 ON A PROPOSAL TO REPLACE FEET WITH METERS WHEN
DESCRIBING SEAS IN A VARIETY OF NATIONAL MARINE CENTER TEXT AND
GRAPHICAL PRODUCTS FOR THE OFFSHORE AND HIGH SEAS AREAS ONLY.
TO LEARN MORE PLEASE VISIT
HTTPS://OCEAN.WEATHER.GOV/PROPOSED-METERS.PHP


SECURITE

SOUTH PACIFIC EQUATOR TO 25S BETWEEN 120W AND 160E

SYNOPSIS VALID 0600 UTC JUN 10 2024.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC JUN 11 2024.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC JUN 12 2024.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.COLD FRONT FROM 25S141W TO 21S143W TO 16S152W THENCE STATIONARY
FRONT TO 11S164W TO 10S175W. COLD FRONT MOVING E 20 KT. SE WINDS
20 TO 30 KT S OF FRONT W OF 152W. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN
210 NM E OF COLD FRONT S OF 16S...AND WITHIN 240 NM OF STATIONARY
FRONT W OF 164W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FROM 25S135W TO 18S142W THENCE TROUGH TO
13S156W TO 11S168W TO 07S176W. E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 13S
TO 20S BETWEEN 150W AND 170W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FROM 25S128W TO 20S136W THENCE TROUGH TO
11S157W TO 14S172W TO 05S175W. E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 12S
TO 20S BETWEEN 141W AND 172W.

.COLD FRONT FROM 25S172E TO 19S166E THENCE STATIONARY FRONT TO
14S160E. COLD FRONT MOVING E 20 KT. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS
WITHIN 120 NM OF STATIONARY FRONT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FROM 25S175E TO 17S167E THENCE TROUGH
TO 06S160E.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FROM 25S175W TO 18S172E THENCE TROUGH
TO 08S160E.

.TROUGH FROM 03S160E TO 06S165E TO 08S174E MOVING W 20 KT.
ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 150 NM OF TROUGH.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH MERGED WITH FRONT AND TROUGH DESCRIBED
IMMEDIATELY ABOVE.

.24 HOUR FORECAST NEW TROUGH FROM 04S140W TO 10S134W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH FROM 04S144W TO 09S141W.

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

.SEAS 12 TO 15 FT S OF A LINE FROM 25S150W TO 22S161W TO 22S170W.
SEAS 8 TO 12 FT ELSEWHERE S OF A LINE FROM 25S130W TO 09S170W TO
10S180E. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT E OF 130W...AND N OF 12S BETWEEN 130W
AND 143W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 12 TO 14 FT S OF A LINE FROM 25S138W TO
15S155W TO 15S164W TO 25S160W. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT ELSEWHERE S OF A
LINE FROM 25S130W TO 10S155W TO 10S180E. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT FROM
03S TO 20S E OF 130W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 8 TO 13 FT S OF A LINE FROM 25S125W TO
14S130W TO 04S150W TO 04S170W TO 10S174W.

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

$$

.FORECASTER AHUE. HONOLULU HI.