High Seas Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
968 FZPS40 PHFO 231507 HSFSP HIGH SEAS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1730 UTC SUN JUN 23 2024 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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 1200 UTC JUN 23 2024. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC JUN 24 2024. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC JUN 25 2024. .WARNINGS. .NONE. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .LOW 07S165E 1010 MB MOVING W SLOWLY. TROUGH 10S176E 09S167E LOW 05S162E MOVING W SLOWLY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS MODERATE TSTMS FROM 02S TO 16S W OF 173E. .24 HOUR FORECAST LOW DISSIPATED. TROUGH 09S160E 15S166E. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH DISSIPATED. .FRONT 25S141W 17S149W MOVING E 10 KT. WINDS 20 TO 30 KT S OF 19S BETWEEN 154W AND 134W. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 240 NM E OF FRONT S OF 19S. .24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT 25S135W 20S141W THENCE TROUGH 15S150W 10S165W 04S173W. WINDS DIMINISHED TO 20 KT OR LESS. .48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT 25S135W 22S140W THENCE TROUGH 15S150W 08S170W 06S180W 09S170E 07S160E. .TROUGH 17S147W 15S150W 10S157W 04S170W NEARLY STATIONARY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 120 NM OF TROUGH. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH MERGED WITH FRONT AND TROUGH MENTIONED DIRECTLY ABOVE. .TROUGH 09S175W 08S171E NEARLY STATIONARY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS MODERATE TSTMS N OF 11S BETWEEN 173E AND 177W. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 09S170W 10S180W 11S174E. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH MERGED WITH FRONT AND TROUGH MENTIONED IN SECOND PARAGRAPH ABOVE. .SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 10S TO 15S BETWEEN 173E AND 167W. .24 HOUR FORECAST E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT IN AREA BOUNDED BY 18S170W 14S170E 10S168E 08S171E 08S166W 12S156W 15S156W 18S170W. .48 HOUR FORECAST SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT IN AREA BOUNDED BY 20S160E 08S160E 05S170E 05S180W 11S155W 16S146W 18S146W 16S170W 15S175E 20S160E. .REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. .SEAS 12 TO 16 FT S OF LINE 25S171W 18S171W 17S161W 20S152W 24S144W 23S142W 25S138W. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT ELSEWHERE S OF LINE 25S177E 20S180W 10S170W 25S130W SEAS 8 TO 10 FT FROM 07S TO 11S BETWEEN 128W AND 122W. .24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 8 TO 12 FT S OF LINE 25S178W 10S180W 06S170W 10S154W 25S131W. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT FROM 08S TO 19S E OF 127W. .48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN AREA BOUNDED BY 25S165W 14S180W 15S170E 11S163E 09S163E 02S165W 10S155W 25S135W 25S165W. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT FROM 07S TO 18S E OF 129W. .REMAINDER OF AREA SEAS 8 FT OR LESS. .ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS FROM 03S TO 10S BETWEEN 177W AND 170W. $$ .FORECASTER JELSEMA. HONOLULU HI.