High Seas Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
070 FZPS40 PHFO 181524 HSFSP HIGH SEAS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1730 UTC TUE NOV 18 2025 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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 18 2025. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC NOV 19 2025. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC NOV 20 2025. .WARNINGS. .NONE. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .FRONT 20S120W 18S123W THENCE TROUGH 12S150W 15S168W 10S180E 05S170E MOVING SE 10 KT E OF 150W...AND NEARLY STATIONARY ELSEWHERE. SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS FROM 12S TO 04S BETWEEN 170E AND 178E... AND WITHIN 240 NM NE OF TROUGH BETWEEN 180W AND 173W. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS ELSEWHERE FROM 20S TO TROUGH BETWEEN 143W AND 133W. .24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT MOVED E OF AREA. TROUGH 25S126W 11S150W 12S164W 17S170W 06S176E. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 25S125W 13S140W 11S160W 15S172W 06S176E. .TROUGH 25S176E 20S173E 15S173E MOVING W SLOWLY. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH DISSIPATED. .FRONT 25S167E 17S160E NEARLY STATIONARY. .24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT BECAME TROUGH 25S166E 17S160E. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 25S162E 18S160E. .NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF A LINE 15S150W 17S170W 25S175W. .24 HOUR FORECAST E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF 15S BETWEEN 175W AND 146W... AND S OF 20S E OF 132W. .48 HOUR FORECAST E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT S OF 15S BETWEEN 180W AND 150W. .WINDS 20 KT OR LESS OVER REMAINDER OF FORECAST AREA. .SEAS 2.5 TO 4 M S OF 15S BETWEEN 175W AND 150W... AND S OF 20S BETWEEN 178E AND 175W... AND S OF 18S E OF 135W. .24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 2.5 TO 3.5 M S OF A LINE FROM 20S147W 14S160W 20S177W. .48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 2.5 TO 4 M S OF A LINE FROM 25S140W 13S160W 20S180W. .SEAS 2.5 M OR LOWER OVER REMAINDER OF FORECAST AREA. .ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS FROM 10S TO 04S W OF 163E. WIDELY ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS S OF 17S BETWEEN 177E AND 170W. $$ .FORECASTER SHIGESATO. HONOLULU HI.