High Seas Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
480 FZPS40 PHFO 290343 HSFSP HIGH SEAS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 0530 UTC SAT NOV 29 2025 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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 NOV 29 2025. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC NOV 30 2025. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC DEC 01 2025. .WARNINGS. .NONE. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .FRONT 25S125W 17S133W 16S145W THENCE TROUGH 17S154W. FRONT MOVING SE 15 KT AND TROUGH NEARLY STATIONARY. WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF 20S E OF 125W. SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 330 NM N OF FRONT. .24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT MOVED S OF AREA. TROUGH 25S123W 17S134W 15S157W. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 25S126W 15S137W 15S156W 16S160W. .TROUGH 25S160W 17S166W 14S179E 09S160E MOVING E SLOWLY S OF 17S AND NEARLY STATIONARY ELSEWHERE. SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 330 NM N OF TROUGH W OF 178E. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 210 NM OF TROUGH ELSEWHERE. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 25S159W 18S161W 12S177E 06S160E. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 25S158W 16S163W 13S177W 10S172E 07S167E. .TROUGH 25S171W 22S176W MOVING ESE SLOWLY. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 25S165W 20S170W. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH MOVED S OF AREA. .WINDS 20 KT OR LESS OVER REMAINDER OF FORECAST AREA. .SEAS 2.5 TO 3.5 M S OF LINE 25S129W 20S128W 23S120W. .24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 2.5 TO 3 M S OF 21S E OF 147W. .48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS LOWERED TO 2.5 M OR LESS. .SEAS 2.5 M OR LOWER OVER REMAINDER OF FORECAST AREA. .ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS N OF 03S W OF 162E. $$ .FORECASTER TROTTER. HONOLULU HI.