High Seas Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
412 FZPS40 PHFO 231530 HSFSP HIGH SEAS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1730 UTC SUN NOV 23 2025 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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 1200 UTC NOV 23 2025. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC NOV 24 2025. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC NOV 25 2025. .WARNINGS. ...GALE WARNING... .LOW 22S179W 1000 MB MOVING SSE 10 KT. TROUGHS FROM LOW 17S170W 17S166W...AND FROM LOW TO 16S173W NEARLY STATIONARY. WINDS 30 TO 35 KT S OF 22S BETWEEN 179E AND 177E. WINDS 20 TO 30 KT ELSEWHERE S OF 20S BETWEEN 169W AND 176E. SEAS 2.5 TO 3 M WITHIN 240 NM OF LOW AND TROUGHS S OF 15S. SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 120 NM EITHER SIDE OF LINE FROM LOW TO 17S177W 07S174E. .24 HOUR FORECAST LOW 24S179W 999 MB. TROUGH FROM LOW TO 12S177E. WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITHIN 60 NM N OF TROUGH...AND 210 NM W OF LOW. SEAS 2.5 TO 4 M WITHIN 90 NM EITHER SIDE OF TROUGH N OF 20S...AND S OF A LINE FROM 20S162W 21S171E. .48 HOUR FORECAST LOW S OF AREA. TROUGH FROM LOW TO 20S176W 14S178E. WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITHIN 120 EITHER SIDE OF TROUGH. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.5 M WITHIN 90 NM EITHER SIDE OF TROUGH N OF 20S...AND S OF A LINE 22S167W 20S176W 21S173E. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .LOW 17S151W 1006 MB MOVING SLOWLY SSE. TROUGH 22S120W 17S135W LOW 14S157W 16S154W. WINDS 20 TO 30 KT FROM 22S TO 18S BETWEEN 140W TO 158W. SEAS 2.5 TO 4 M S OF 17S W OF 143W. SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 240 NM PRIMARILY E SEMICIRCLE OF LOW AND WITHIN 330 NM S OF TROUGH BETWEEN 136W AND 144W. .24 HOUR FORECAST LOW 19S151W 1009 MB. TROUGH FROM LOW 14S155W. WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 23S TO 21S BETWEEN 139W AND 153W. SEAS 2.5 TO 4 M S OF 17S BETWEEN 138W AND 157W. .48 HOUR FORECAST WEAKENED LOW NEAR 20S155W 1010 MB. TROUGH FROM LOW TO 21S149W 19S137W. WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITHIN 60 NM S OF TROUGH BETWEEN 136W AND 140W. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.5 M S OF LINE 21S143W 18S158W. .WINDS 20 KT OR LESS OVER REMAINDER OF FORECAST AREA. .48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 2.5 TO 3 M N OF 08S BETWEEN 160W AND 177W. .OTHERWISE...SEAS 2.5 M OR LOWER OVER REMAINDER OF FORECAST AREA. .SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 90 NM OF LINE 10S170E 05S160E. $$ .FORECASTER BLOOD. HONOLULU HI.