High Seas Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
432 FZPS40 PHFO 132244 HSFSP HIGH SEAS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 2330 UTC THU JUN 13 2024 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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 13 2024. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC JUN 14 2024. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC JUN 15 2024. .WARNINGS. .NONE. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .TROUGH 25S177E 19S174E 11S164E MOVING E 10 KT. SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 150 NM E OF TROUGH S OF 21S. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 25S173E 18S176E 10S160E. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 25S173W 18S174E 11S160E. .TROUGH 10S171E 08S167E 04S165E SLOWLY MOVING SW. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH MERGED WITH TROUGH DESCRIBED IMMEDIATELY ABOVE. .E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF 22S BETWEEN 162E AND 179W .24 HOUR FORECAST E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 14S TO 03S BETWEEN 155W AND 140W...FROM 18S TO 04S BETWEEN 136W AND 129W...AND FROM 18S AND 09S E OF 126W. .48 HOUR FORECAST E TO SE WINDS FROM 17S TO 09S BETWEEN 170W AND 148W...AND 16S TO 09S E OF 129W. .WINDS 20 KT OR LESS REMAINDER FORECAST AREA. .SEAS 8 TO 12 FT S OF 21S W OF 172E. .24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 8 TO 10 FT S OF 21S BETWEEN 162E AND 176E. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT FROM 14S TO 10S E OF 124W. .48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 8 TO 9 FT FROM 17S TO 07S E OF 129W. .SEAS 8 FT OR LOWER REMAINDER FORECAST AREA. .NUMEROUS MODERATE TO STRONG TSTMS FROM 18S TO 05S BETWEEN 176W AND 166W. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS ELSEWHERE FROM 08S TO 05S BETWEEN 172E AND 179E. $$ .FORECASTER AHUE/PIERCE. HONOLULU HI.