High Seas Forecast
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HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1730 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC JUN 10 2024.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC JUN 11 2024.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC JUN 12 2024.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.COLD FRONT FROM 25S141W TO 21S145W TO 16S152W THENCE STATIONARY
FRONT TO 10S164W TO 08S172W TO 12S179E. COLD FRONT MOVING E 20 KT.
E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT FROM 10S TO 20S BETWEEN 158W AND 179E.
SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 180 NM OF STATIONARY FRONT W OF
164W. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 210 NM E OF COLD FRONT S OF
20S.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FROM 25S132W TO 15S142W THENCE TROUGH TO
13S156W TO 11S170W TO 07S176W. E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 13S
TO 22S BETWEEN 150W AND 170W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FROM 25S126W TO 20S135W THENCE TROUGH TO
12S164W TO 17S172W TO 05S178W. WINDS DIMINISHED TO 20 KT OR LESS.

.TROUGH FROM 03S160E TO 06S164E TO 08S171E MOVING W 10 KT.
WIDELY SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 210 NM OF TROUGH.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH MERGED WITH FRONT AND TROUGH DESCRIBED
IMMEDIATELY BELOW.

.COLD FRONT FROM 25S173E TO 19S166E THENCE STATIONARY FRONT TO
14S160E. COLD FRONT MOVING E 10 KT. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS
WITHIN 120 NM OF STATIONARY FRONT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FROM 25S178E TO 17S167E THENCE TROUGH
TO 08S160E.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FROM 25S174W TO 18S172E THENCE TROUGH
TO 08S160E.

.24 HOUR FORECAST NEW FRONT FROM 25S169E TO 20S160E.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT MERGED WITH FRONT AND TROUGH DESCRIBED
IMMEDIATELY ABOVE.

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

.SEAS 12 TO 17 FT S OF A LINE FROM 25S145W TO 21S155W TO 22S170W.
SEAS 8 TO 12 FT ELSEWHERE S OF A LINE FROM 25S135W TO 07S169W 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 25S135W TO
15S155W TO 15S169W TO 25S155W. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT ELSEWHERE S OF A
LINE FROM 25S125W TO 07S155W TO 07S170W TO 15S180E. SEAS 8 TO
10 FT FROM 05S TO 20S E OF 130W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 8 TO 11 FT S OF 10S E OF 145W...AND BETWEEN
145W AND 172W.

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

$$

.FORECASTER AHUE. HONOLULU HI.