High Seas Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
606 FZPS40 PHFO 211120 HSFSP HIGH SEAS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1130 UTC FRI JUN 21 2024 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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 21 2024. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC JUN 22 2024. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC JUN 23 2024. .WARNINGS. .NONE. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .FRONT 24S120W 17S131W THENCE TROUGH 13S136W MOVING E SLOWLY S OF 20S AND NEARLY STATIONARY ELSEWHERE. WINDS 20 TO 30 KT S OF 22S E OF 124W. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH DISSIPATED. FRONT MOVED E OF AREA. .FRONT 25S160W 18S170W 12S170E THENCE TROUGH 13S170E 06S160E MOVING E 15 KT ALONG 17S AND NEARLY STATIONARY ELSEWHERE. WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF 21S BETWEEN 177W AND 151W...AND FROM 19S TO 10S W OF 177E. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS FROM 17S TO 10S W OF 170E. .24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT 25S151W 16S166W THENCE TROUGH 18S177W 10S160E. WINDS 20 TO 30 KT S OF LINE 25S175W 18S160W 25S143W...AND FROM 15S TO 10S W OF 174W. .48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT 25S144W 17S154W THENCE TROUGH 11S174W 09S160E. WINDS 20 TO 30 KT S OF LINE 25S168W 20S162W 18S150W 18S154W 25S135W. WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 17S TO 09S BETWEEN 165E AND 165W. .SEAS 8 TO 10 FT S OF 23S BETWEEN 179W AND 155W...AND S OF LINE 08S137W 00S125W. .24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 12 TO 13 FT S OF 24S BETWEEN 170W AND 163W...AND S OF 23S BETWEEN 154W AND 150W. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT ELSEWHERE S OF 18S BETWEEN 178W AND 143W. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT FROM 16S TO 06S E OF 135W...AND FROM 15S TO 11S BETWEEN 163E AND 173E. .48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 12 TO 16 FT S OF LINE 21S172W 19S162W 22S151W...AND S OF LINE 23S145W 25S141W. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT ELSEWHERE S OF LINE 10S179W 18S153W 25S138W. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT 15S TO 10S BETWEEN 168E AND 179E...AND FROM 15S TO 06S E OF 134W. .REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 FT OR LESS. .SCATTERED MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG TSTMS FROM 12S TO 07S BETWEEN 176W AND 161W. $$ .FORECASTER BEDAL/PIERCE. HONOLULU HI.