High Seas Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
975 FZPN01 KWBC 012202 HSFEP1 HIGH SEAS FORECAST NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC 2230 UTC MON DEC 01 2025 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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. ONLY YOU KNOW THE WEATHER AT YOUR POSITION. REPORT IT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. EMAIL US AT VOSOPS@NOAA.GOV(LOWERCASE). PLEASE SEE PROPOSAL TO ALIGN NWS PACIFIC HIGH SEAS FORECASTS WITH METAREA XII: HTTPS://OCEAN.WEATHER.GOV/HIGHSEASPACIFICPROPOSAL/ (LOWERCASE). SECURITE PACIFIC N OF 30N AND S OF 67N E OF A LINE FROM BERING STRAIT TO 50N 160E ALL FORECASTS VALID OVER ICE FREE FORECAST WATERS SYNOPSIS VALID 1800 UTC DEC 01. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC DEC 02. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC DEC 03. .WARNINGS. ...HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING... .COMPLEX LOW WITH MAIN CENTER 43N160W 969 MB MOVING NW 35 KT WILL SLOW AND TURN TO THE SE AFTER 24 HOURS WHILE WEAKENING. WITHIN 120 NM S AND SE QUADRANTS WINDS 50 TO 65 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8.5 M. ALSO WITHIN 240 NM E SEMICIRCLE... AND 180 NM SW QUADRANT WINDS 40 TO 55 KT. SEAS 4.5 TO 7.5 M. ELSEWHERE FROM 30N TO 54N BETWEEN 147W AND 167W WINDS 25 TO 40 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 M. .24 HOUR FORECAST COMBINED LOW 54N168W 962 MB. WITHIN 180 NM NE...AND 480 NM N AND NW QUADRANTS WINDS 40 TO 55 KT. SEAS 6 TO 10 M. ELSEWHERE FROM 30N TO 65N BETWEEN 155W AND 170E WINDS 25 TO 40 KT...EXCEPT FROM 39N TO 54N BETWEEN 175W AND 175E WINDS 40 TO 45 KT. SEAS 4 TO 9 M...HIGHEST NEAR 54N175W. .48 HOUR FORECAST LOW 50N167W 981 MB. WITHIN 360 NM E SEMICIRCLE...AND FROM 30N TO 65N BETWEEN 167W AND 176E WINDS 25 TO 40 KT...EXCEPT OVER THE BERING SEA FROM 52N TO 60N BETWEEN 170W AND 178W WINDS 40 TO 45 KT. SEAS 4 TO 8 M...HIGHEST NEAR 53N178W. ...STORM WARNING... .COMPLEX LOW WITH MAIN CENTER 45N176W 979 MB MOVING NE 20 KT. EXCEPT WHERE DESCRIBED WITH COMPLEX LOW ABOVE... WITHIN 720 NM W AND NW OF A LINE FROM MAIN CENTER TO 52N174W TO 60N165W TO 66N167W...AND N OF 30N...WITHIN 900 NM S AND SE...AND 1020 NM SW QUADRANTS WINDS 30 TO 45 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 M. .12 HOUR FORECAST COMPLEX LOW WITH MAIN CENTER 49N170W 970 MB. BETWEEN 120 NM AND 540 NM N AND NW QUADRANTS WINDS 35 TO 50 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 M. .24 HOUR FORECAST LOW AND CONDITIONS ABSORBED BY COMBINED LOW 54N168W ABOVE. ...GALE WARNING... .36 HOUR FORECAST W OF A LINE FROM 35N164E TO 40N167E TO 52N164E WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 M. .48 HOUR FORECAST W OF A LINE FROM 30N164E TO 40N170E TO 54N169E WINDS 25 TO 40 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 M. ...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING... .MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY N OF 61N W OF ALASKA. ELSEWHERE LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING SPRAY N OF 59N W OF 164W. .24 HOUR FORECAST MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY N OF 60N W OF ALASKA. ELSEWHERE LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING SPRAY N OF 59N W OF 164W. .48 HOUR FORECAST MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY N AND NE OF A LINE FROM 60N166W TO 62N175W. ELSEWHERE LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING SPRAY N OF 59N W OF 164W. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT TO EXTEND FROM 33N157W TO 51N145W TO 55N145W TO 59N155W. WITHIN 240 NM E AND NE OF FRONT WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 2.5 TO 4.5 M. .48 HOUR FORECAST NEW LOW TO FORM NEAR 59N146W 1006 MB. FRONT TO EXTEND FROM LOW CENTER TO 58N140W TO 52N132W. N AND E OF FRONT TO THE COAST WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 2.5 TO 4 M. .48 HOUR FORECAST NEW LOW 38N152W 1011 MB. WITHIN 420 NM NE... AND 540 NM S AND SE QUADRANTS WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 2.5 TO 4 M. .48 HOUR FORECAST FROM 33N TO 43N BETWEEN 121W AND 130W N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 2.5 TO 4 M. .DENSE FOG. VSBY OCCASIONALLY LESS THAN 1 NM FROM 37N TO 47N BETWEEN 149W AND 163W...FROM 48N TO 61N BETWEEN 162W AND 172E...AND FROM 40N TO 45N BETWEEN 179W AND 176E. .24 HOUR FORECAST DENSE FOG FROM 39N TO 54N BETWEEN 143W AND 152W...AND FROM 41N TO 61N BETWEEN 163W AND 179E. .48 HOUR FORECAST DENSE FOG FROM 43N TO 54N BETWEEN 132W AND 150W...FROM 58N TO 62N BETWEEN 162W AND 172W... AND W OF A LINE FROM 43N167E TO 50N162E. .FORECASTER MILLS. OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER. NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL E PACIFIC FROM THE EQUATOR TO 30N E OF 140W AND 03.4S TO THE EQUATOR E OF 120W SYNOPSIS VALID 1800 UTC MON DEC 1. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC TUE DEC 2. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC WED DEC 3. .WARNINGS. .NONE. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .WITHIN 30N132W TO 30N140W TO 16N140W TO 22N135W TO 30N132W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.0 M IN W TO NW SWELL. .24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 22N125W TO 30N124W TO 30N140W TO 09N140W TO 11N134W TO 22N125W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO 4.0 M IN NW SWELL. .48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 20N119W TO 21N122W TO 21N139W TO 18N140W TO 15N127W TO 20N119W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.0 M IN NW SWELL. .24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 16N95W TO 15N95W TO 14N95W TO 15N94W TO 16N95W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 2.5 M. .48 HOUR FORECAST CONDITIONS IMPROVE. .REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 2.5 M. CONVECTION VALID AT 2000 UTC MON DEC 1... .INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... MONSOON TROUGH AXIS FROM 10N84W TO 07N97W. ITCZ AXIS FROM 07N97W TO 12N113W AND FROM 11N126W TO 09N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG FROM 04N TO 10N E OF 97W. .FORECASTER KONARIK. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER. $$