


High Seas Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
909 FZPS40 PHFO 280257 HSFSP HIGH SEAS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 0530 UTC THU AUG 28 2025 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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 0000 UTC AUG 28 2025. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC AUG 29 2025. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC AUG 30 2025. .WARNINGS. .NONE. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .FRONT 25S174W 18S177W THENCE TROUGH 14S177E 08S160E MOVING SE 10 KT. WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITHIN 150 NM E OF FRONT S OF 20S. SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 90 NM EITHER SIDE OF FRONT S OF 18S. .24 HOUR FORECAST MOVED S OF AREA. TROUGH 25S168W 15S180W 05S160E. ASSOCIATED WINDS MOVED S OF AREA. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 25S164W 13S180W 09S160E. .FRONT 25S133W 20S140W 17S150W MOVING E 30 KT. WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF FRONT. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 120 NM E OF FRONT S OF 22S. .24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT 20S120W 18S123W 15S130W. ASSOCIATED WINDS MOVED E OF AREA. .48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT MOVED E OF AREA. .24 HOUR FORECAST NEW FRONT 25S162E 24S164E. .48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT 25S165E 22S160E. .WINDS 20 KT OR LESS OVER REMAINDER OF FORECAST AREA. .SEAS 2.5 TO 3.5 M S OF LINE 02S120W 02S160W 10S171W 25S176W. .24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 2.5 TO 4 M S OF LINE 21S120W 15S140W 16S160W. .48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 2.5 TO 3 M S OF 21S W OF 170E...AND S OF 05S E OF 135W. .SEAS 2.5 M OR LOWER OVER REMAINDER OF FORECAST AREA. $$ .FORECASTER ALMANZA. HONOLULU HI.