High Seas Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
123 FZPS40 PHFO 211519 HSFSP HIGH SEAS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1730 UTC FRI JUN 21 2024 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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 1200 UTC JUN 21 2024. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC JUN 22 2024. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC JUN 23 2024. .WARNINGS. .NONE. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .FRONT 23S120W 17S132W MOVING E SLOWLY. .24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT MOVED E OF AREA. .FRONT 25S156W 22S162W 17S171W MOVING E 15 KT. WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF 20S BETWEEN 173W AND 149W. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS 180 NM E OF FRONT S OF 22S. .24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT 25S151W 16S164W. WINDS 20 TO 30 KT S OF S OF 18S BETWEEN 173W AND 140W. .48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT 25S143W 14S154W. WINDS 20 TO 30 KT S OF 20S BETWEEN 163W AND 134W. .WEAK TROUGH 12S179E 07S171E NEAR STATIONARY. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 180 NM SW OF TROUGH. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 11S179E 07S170E. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 10S178E 09S171E. .24 HOUR FORECAST NEW TROUGH APPROACHES AREA NEAR 25S160E. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 22S166E 21S160E. .SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 20S TO 11S W OF 175E. .24 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 15S TO 10S BETWEEN 163E AND 179E. .48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS EASED TO 20 KT OR LESS. .REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. .SEAS 8 TO 10 FT S OF 22S BETWEEN 178W AND 154W...AND FROM 17S TO 12S W OF 176E. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT S OF 07S E OF 134W. .24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 8 TO 12 FT S OF 19S BETWEEN 179W AND 147W. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT FROM 16S TO 11S W OF 179E. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT FROM 15S TO 06S E OF 133W. .48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 12 TO 18 FT S OF 21S BETWEEN 173W AND 159W. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT ELSEWHERE S OF 16S BETWEEN 179W AND 145W. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT FROM 14S TO 11S BETWEEN 162E AND 178E...AND FROM 15S TO 05S E OF 133W. .REMAINDER OF AREA SEAS 8 FT OR LESS. .SCATTERED MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG TSTMS FROM 11S TO 06S BETWEEN 178W AND 160W. $$ .FORECASTER BEDAL/PIERCE. HONOLULU HI.