High Seas Forecast
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HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
0530 UTC SAT JUN 29 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC JUN 29 2024.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC JUN 30 2024.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC JUL 01 2024.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.TROUGH 25S164W 16S180E 10S170E 07S160E NEARLY STATIONARY. SE
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT BETWEEN TROUGH AND 16S W OF 170E. SCATTERED
STRONG TSTMS WITHIN 120 NM OF POINT 14S178E. ISOLATED MODERATE
TSTMS ELSEWHERE IN AREA BOUNDED BY 06S172W 25S160W 25S173W 12S175E
06S180E 06S172W...AND WITHIN 90 NM OF TROUGH W OF 170E.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 25S164W 20S173W 14S175E 09S160E. SE WINDS
20 TO 25 KT BETWEEN TROUGH AND 20S W OF 173W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 25S161W 19S170W 10S175E 10S165E. SE WINDS
20 TO 25 KT BETWEEN TROUGH AND 19S W OF 170W.

.WEAK FRONT 25S120W 23S126W MOVING NE 10 KT. SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT
IN AREA BOUNDED BY 20S155W 20S135W 25S120W 25S145W 20S155W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT DISSIPATED. SEE WINDS BELOW.

.E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 20S TO 04S BETWEEN 125W AND 162W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST SE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT S OF 20S BETWEEN 123W AND
140W. E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT ELSEWHERE IN AREA BOUNDED BY
04S150W 10S120W 25S120W 25S150W 10S160W 04S150W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST SE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT FROM 21S TO 18S BETWEEN
127W AND 140W. E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT ELSEWHERE IN AREA BOUNDED
BY 06S125W 18S120W 25S120W 25S150W 12S155W 06S125W.

.WINDS 20 KT OR LESS OVER REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA.

.SEAS 8 TO 12 FT S OF 05S E OF 167W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 12 TO 16 FT S OF LINE 23S120W 18S130W
20S143W. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT ELSEWHERE S OF 04S E OF 168W...EXCEPT
SEAS 8 FT OR LESS S OF 21S W OF 161W. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT FROM 18S TO
11S W OF 173E.
.48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 12 TO 16 FT S OF LINE 18S120W 14S135W
20S143W. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT ELSEWHERE S OF 03S E OF 165W. SEAS 8 TO 9
FT FROM 18S TO 12S BETWEEN 176E AND 170E.

.SEAS 8 FT OR LOWER OVER REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA.

.ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS FROM 12S TO 09S BETWEEN 156W AND 164W.

$$

.FORECASTER WROE. HONOLULU HI.