High Seas Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
329 FZPS40 PHFO 232106 HSFSP HIGH SEAS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 2330 UTC SUN JUN 23 2024 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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 1800 UTC JUN 23 2024. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC JUN 24 2024. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC JUN 25 2024. .WARNINGS. .NONE. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .LOW 07S165E 1011 MB MOVING W SLOWLY. TROUGH 07S176E TO LOW TO 02S160E MOVING W SLOWLY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS MODERATE TSTMS FROM 13S TO 03S W OF 177W. .24 HOUR FORECAST LOW AND TROUGH DISSIPATED. .FRONT 25S138W 19S142W 15S149W THENCE TROUGH 08S160W 03S171W. FRONT MOVING E 10 KT TROUGH MOVING SW SLOWLY. WINDS 20 TO 30 KT S OF 21S BETWEEN 156W AND 133W. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 240 NM OF TROUGH W OF 160W... AND WITHIN 90 NM E OF FRONT S OF 23S. .24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT 25S134W 14S150W THENCE TROUGH 15S150W 07S170W 05S170E 08S160E. SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 16S TO TROUGH BETWEEN 177E AND 150W... AND FROM 11S TO 06S W OF 171E. .48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT 25S135W 14S150W THENCE TROUGH 08S170W 05S180W 04S160E. SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 19S TO TROUGH AND FRONT W OF 145W. .E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 15S TO 10S W OF 162W... AND FROM 17S TO 09S E OF 125W. .24 HOUR FORECAST E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 13S TO 09S E OF 127W. .48 HOUR FORECAST SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 17S TO 08S E OF 130W. .REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. .SEAS 12 TO 14 FT S OF A LINE 25S142W 14S164W. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT ELSEWHERE S OF A LINE 25S132W 08S165W 09S176E. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT FROM 16S TO 06S E OF 133W. .24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 8 TO 12 FT S OF A LINE FROM 25S130W 06S160W 07S180W. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT FROM 20S TO 09S E OF 130W... AND FROM 15S TO 08S BETWEEN 168E AND 175E. .48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN AREA BOUNDED BY 25S147W 03S154W 04S180E 06S160E 17S160E 14S180W 25S160W 25S147W. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT FROM 15S TO 07S E OF 130W. .REMAINDER OF AREA SEAS 8 FT OR LESS. .ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS FROM 10S TO 04S BETWEEN 177W AND 172W. $$ .FORECASTER SHIGESATO. HONOLULU HI.