High Seas Forecast
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FZPS40 PHFO 121025
HSFSP

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1130 UTC FRI SEP 12 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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

SOUTH PACIFIC EQUATOR TO 25S BETWEEN 120W AND 160E

SYNOPSIS VALID 0600 UTC SEP 12 2025.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SEP 13 2025.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SEP 14 2025.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.FRONT 25S172E 20S160E MOVING NE 30 KT. WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF 24S
BETWEEN 166E AND 172E.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT 25S174W 22S179E THENCE TROUGH 18S165E
19S160E. WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 22S TO 18S W OF 169E...AND S OF
24S BETWEEN 179E AND 172W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT 25S156W 16S164E THENCE TROUGH 11S172W
10S160E. WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 23S TO 15S W OF 173E.

.TROUGH 12S179E 10S169E 07S161E MOVING SW SLOWLY. ISOLATED
MODERATE TSTMS FROM 17S TO 02S W OF 177E.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 16S177E 09S160E.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH MERGED WITH FRONT DESCRIBED ABOVE.

.FRONT 25S144W 20S147W THENCE TROUGH 15S152W 11S156W. FRONT
MOVING E SLOWLY. TROUGH NEARLY STATIONARY. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS
WITHIN 120 NM OF FRONT AND TROUGH.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT DISSIPATED. TROUGH 25S140W 21S145W
15S152W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH DISSIPATED.

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

.SEAS 2.5 TO 4 M S OF 23S W OF 171E...AND S OF 09S E OF 133W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 2.5 TO 4 M S OF LINE 25S171W 19S171E
22S167E 17S160E. SEAS 2.5 TO 3 M S OF 03S E OF 131W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 2.5 TO 3 M S OF LINE 25S164W 18S178W
18S177E 11S179E 16S168E 13S160E...EXCEPT FROM 22S TO 18S BETWEEN
164E AND 170E. SEAS 2.5 TO 3 M FROM 18S TO 02S E OF 126W.

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

$$

.FORECASTER PIERCE. HONOLULU HI.