High Seas Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
265 FZPN40 PHFO 061039 HSFNP HIGH SEAS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1100 UTC SAT DEC 06 2025 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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. 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 160E SYNOPSIS VALID 0600 UTC DEC 06 2025. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC DEC 07 2025. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC DEC 08 2025. .WARNINGS. ...GALE WARNING... .FRONT 30N165E 28N160E MOVING E 15 KT. .24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT 30N176E 28N166E 28N160E. WINDS 20 TO 25 KT AND SEAS 2.5 TO 3 M N OF FRONT. .48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT 30N178W 25N160E. WINDS 30 TO 40 KT AND SEAS 3 TO 4 M WITHIN 90 NM N OF FRONT. WINDS 20 TO 30 KT AND SEAS 2.5 TO 4 M ELSEWHERE N OF FRONT. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .TROUGH 30N158W 25N162W 20N166W MOVING SLOWLY WNW. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS BETWEEN TROUGH AND TROUGH BELOW N OF 26N. .12 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH ABSORBED INTO TROUGH BELOW. .TROUGH 30N162W 23N167W 17N177W MOVING SLOWLY WNW. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS BETWEEN TROUGH AND TROUGH ABOVE N OF 26N. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 30N163W 25N175W. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 30N162W 27N164W. .TROUGH 14N170W 11N176W 07N179W MOVING W 20 KT. SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 120 NM W OF TROUGH N OF 12N. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 17N179E 11N173E. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 25N177E 23N173E 19N168E. .WINDS 20 TO 30 KT BETWEEN TWO LINES 20N172W 09N166E AND 25N179W AND 18N164E. .24 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 TO 30 KT FROM 08N TO 12N BETWEEN 173W AND 178W. .48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS DIMINISHED TO 20 KT OR LESS. .OTHERWISE...WINDS 20 KT OR LESS OVER REMAINDER OF FORECAST AREA. .SEAS 2.5 TO 4M N OF A LINE FROM 17N140W 05N173W 08N160E EXCEPT N OF A LINE FROM 30N165W 25N172E. .24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 2.5 TO 3 M N OF 05N W OF 175W. .48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS LOWERED TO 2.5 M OR LOWER. .OTHERWISE...SEAS 2.5 M OR LOWER OVER REMAINDER OF FORECAST AREA. .MODERATE SCATTERED TSTMS FROM 00N TO 12N W OF 170E. .ITCZ 06N140W 06N150W 10N164W 11N172W. $$ .FORECASTER BLOOD. HONOLULU HI.