High Seas Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
951 FZPS40 PHFO 282156 HSFSP HIGH SEAS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 2330 UTC FRI JUN 28 2024 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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 1800 UTC JUN 28 2024. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC JUN 29 2024. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC JUN 30 2024. .WARNINGS. .NONE. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .WEAK FRONT 25S162W 21S170W THENCE TROUGH 14S177E 08S160E NEARLY STATIONARY. SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT BETWEEN TROUGH AND 18S W OF 166E. SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG TSTMS WITHIN 240 NM N OF TROUGH W OF 177E. .24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT MOVED S OF AREA. TROUGH 25S164W 18S175W 10S176E 09S160E. SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT BETWEEN TROUGH AND 20S W OF 176E. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 25S163W 20S170W 12S180E 10S170E. SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT BETWEEN TROUGH AND 20S W OF 170W. .WEAK FRONT 25S120W 23S129W MOVING NE 10 KT. SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT IN AREA BOUNDED BY 18S153W 18S140W 25S125W 25S153W 18S153W. .24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT DISSIPATED. SEE WINDS BELOW. .E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 18S TO 06S BETWEEN 125W AND 160W. .24 HOUR FORECAST SE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT S OF 21S E OF 140W. E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT ELSEWHERE IN AREA BOUNDED BY 04S160W 09S130W 21S120W 25S120W 25S150W 13S169W 04S160W. .48 HOUR FORECAST SE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT FROM 23S TO 18S BETWEEN 125W AND 140W. E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT ELSEWHERE IN AREA BOUNDED BY 07S125W 14S120W 25S120W 25S155W 16S160W 09S155W 07S125W. .WINDS 20 KT OR LESS OVER REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA. .SEAS 8 TO 11 FT S OF 08S E OF 170W. .24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 12 TO 14 FT S OF 22S BETWEEN 123W AND 143W. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT ELSEWHERE S OF 04S E OF 168W...EXCEPT SEAS 8 FT OR LESS S OF 20S W OF 160W. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT FROM 17S TO 11S W OF 175E. .48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 12 TO 16 FT S OF LINE 20S120W 15S130W 20S145W. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT ELSEWHERE S OF 04S E OF 165W. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT FROM 20S TO 13S BETWEEN 177E AND 170E. .SEAS 8 FT OR LOWER OVER REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA. .ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS FROM 16S TO 04S BETWEEN 170W AND 179W... AND FROM 13S TO 10S BETWEEN 157W AND 167W. $$ .FORECASTER WROE. HONOLULU HI.