High Seas Forecast
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FZPN40 PHFO 140308
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HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
0500 UTC FRI AUG 14 2026

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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.

SECURITE

NORTH PACIFIC EQUATOR TO 30N BETWEEN 140W AND 180W

SYNOPSIS VALID 0000 UTC AUG 14 2026.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC AUG 15 2026.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC AUG 16 2026.

.WARNINGS.

...HURRICANE WARNING...
.TROPICAL STORM LALA NEAR 16.2N 147.5W 997 MB AT 0300 UTC AUG
14 MOVING WNW OR 295 DEG AT 10 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 50 KT
GUSTS 60 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 240 NM NE
QUADRANT...AND 200 NM NW QUADRANT...AND...AND 0 NM S SEMICIRCLE.
SEAS 4 M OR GREATER WITHIN 270 NM NE QUADRANT...AND 180 NM NW
QUADRANT...AND 210 NM SE QUADRANT...AND 120 NM SW QUADRANT
WITH SEAS TO 5 M. WINDS 20 TO 30 KT AND SEAS 2.5 TO 4 M ELSEWHERE
FROM 12N TO 24N E OF 155W. SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG TSTMS
WITHIN 210 NM OF CENTER.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM LALA NEAR 17.6N 151.6W. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS 60 KT GUSTS 70 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
WITHIN 230 NM NE QUADRANT...200 NM NW QUADRANT...70 NM SE
QUADRANT... AND 30 NM SW QUADRANT. SEAS 4 TO 6 M FROM 16N TO 22N
BETWEEN 147W AND 155W. WINDS 20 TO 30 KT ELSEWHERE FROM 15N TO
24N BETWEEN 145W AND 161W. SEAS 2.5 TO 4 M ELSEWHERE FROM 11N TO
26N BETWEEN 141W AND 162W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM LALA NEAR 18.8N 155.6W. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS 65 KT GUSTS 80 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
WITHIN 180 NM NE QUADRANT...80 NM SE QUADRANT...40 NM SW
QUADRANT...AND 180 NM NW QUADRANT. SEAS 4 TO 7 M FROM 16N TO 21N
BETWEEN 151W AND 157W. WINDS 20 TO 30 KT ELSEWHERE FROM 15N TO
25N BETWEEN 150W AND 161W...AND SEAS 2.5 TO 4 M ELSEWHERE FROM
13N TO 26N BETWEEN 162W AND 146W.

FORECAST WINDS IN AND NEAR ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES SHOULD BE
USED WITH CAUTION DUE TO UNCERTAINTY IN FORECAST TRACK...SIZE
AND INTENSITY.

SEE THE LATEST BULLETIN ISSUED BY NHC UNDER WMO HEADER WTPA22
PHFO.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST

.WINDS 20 KT OR LESS OVER THE REMAINDER OF FORECAST AREA.

.48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 2.5 TO 3 M FROM 14N TO 21N E OF 142W.

.SEAS 2.5 M OR LOWER OVER THE REMAINDER OF FORECAST AREA.

.MONSOON TROUGH 13N147W 09N149W 07N161W 10N180W. ISOLATED
MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 240 NM S OF TROUGH...AND 180 NM N OF TROUGH
E OF 158W...AND WITHIN 180 NM N OF TROUGH W OF 158W.

.SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS ALONG A LINE 03N148W 10N142W 15N141W.



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.FORECASTER TSAMOUS. HONOLULU HI.