High Seas Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
927 FZPS40 PHFO 241035 HSFSP HIGH SEAS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1130 UTC MON JUN 24 2024 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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 24 2024. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC JUN 25 2024. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC JUN 26 2024. .WARNINGS. .NONE. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .FRONT 25S136W 21S140W 17S145W THENCE TROUGH 10S160W 08S170W 10S178E. FRONT MOVING E 10 KT TROUGH NEARLY STATIONARY. SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 120 NM N AND 90 NM S OF TROUGH E OF 160W. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS ELSEWHERE FROM 03S TO 12S BETWEEN 178E AND 153W...AND WITHIN 120 NM E OF FRONT S OF 23S. .24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT 25S135W 21S140W THENCE TROUGH 13S153W 08S170W 06S180W. .48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT WEAKENED TO TROUGH 25S135W 16S150W 11S158W 08S180W 04S170E 06S160E. .TROUGH 25S170E 23S167E MOVING E 20 KT. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH STRENGTHENED TO FRONT 25S179E 22S174E. .48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT 25S173W 22S180W THENCE TROUGH TO 18S170E. .TROUGH 08S160E 10S165E 05S174E MOVING W SLOWLY. SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS FROM 02S TO 15S W OF 178E. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH DISSIPATED. .E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 09S TO 19S BETWEEN 158W AND 176W...AND FROM 08S TO 14S BETWEEN 166E AND 173E. .24 HOUR FORECAST E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT IN AREA BOUNDED BY 09S160E 06S180W 09S165W 13S152W 17S145W 19S145W 16S170W 16S170E 22S166E 20S160E 09S160E...AND FROM 07S TO 15S E OF 125W. .48 HOUR FORECAST E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 05S TO 20S W OF 175E...FROM 07S TO 16S E OF 130W...AND IN AREA BOUNDED BY 13S155W 21S140W 22S156W 13S155W. .REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. .SEAS 12 TO 14 FT S OF LINE 25S165W 20S162W 20S154W 25S137W. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT ELSEWHERE S OF LINE 25S178W 09S178W 07S167W 11S155W 25S131W. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT FROM 08S TO 17S E OF 126W. .24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN AREA BOUNDED BY 25S168W 14S178W 12S175E 15S170E 10S165E 07S168E 04S160W 15S150W 25S130W 25S168W. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT FROM 07S TO 16S E OF 129W. .48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN AREA BOUNDED BY 25S155W 11S180W 16S170E 14S167E 17S160E 06S160E 03S180W 07S160W 25S135W 25S155W. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT FROM 07S TO 15S E OF 131W. .REMAINDER OF AREA SEAS 8 FT OR LESS. $$ .FORECASTER JELSEMA. HONOLULU HI.