High Seas Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
090 FZPS40 PHFO 272233 HSFSP HIGH SEAS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 2330 UTC THU JUN 27 2024 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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 27 2024. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC JUN 28 2024. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC JUN 29 2024. .WARNINGS. .NONE. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .FRONT 25S164W 23S164W THENCE TROUGH TO 21S167W NEARLY STATIONARY. .24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT BECOMES TROUGH FROM 25S163W TO 20S168W TO 20S178W. .48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT TROUGH FROM 25S163W TO 20S172W TO 12S177E. .TROUGH FROM 25S127W TO 23S129W MOVING E 20 KT. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH MOVED E OF AREA. .TROUGH FROM 10S167W TO 10S177W TO 06S160E MOVING SW SLOWLY. SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF TROUGH N OF 17S W OF 178W. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS MODERATE TO STRONG TSTMS WITHIN 250 NM OF TROUGH. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH FROM 10S170E TO 08S160E. SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 19S TO 09S W OF 170E. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH FROM 12S170E TO 09S160E. SE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT FROM 20S TO 09S W OF 177E. .E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT IN AREA BOUNDED BY 25S157W TO 00S175W TO 00S152W TO 10S120W TO 14S120W TO 25S135W TO 25S157W. .24 HOUR FORECAST E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT IN AREA BOUNDED BY 25S154W TO 14S168W TO 01S165W TO 05S120W TO 25S124W TO 25S154W. .48 HOUR FORECAST E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT IN AREA BOUNDED BY 25S154W TO 11S171W TO 02S157W TO 05S120W TO 25S120W TO 25S154W. .OTHERWISE...WINDS 20 KT OR LESS OVER REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA. .SEAS 8 TO 9 FT S OF 23S BETWEEN 164W AND 173W. .24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 8 TO 11 FT S OF 07S BETWEEN 123W AND 160W. .48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 12 TO 13 FT S OF 19S BETWEEN 125W AND 136W. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT ELSEWHERE S OF A LINE FROM 10S120W TO 04S152W TO 09S166W. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT FROM 15S TO 10S W OF 170E. .OTHERWISE...SEAS 8 FT OR LOWER OVER REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA. $$ .FORECASTER FOSTER. HONOLULU HI.