High Seas Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
769 FZPS40 PHFO 231159 HSFSP HIGH SEAS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1130 UTC SUN NOV 23 2025 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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 0600 UTC NOV 23 2025. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC NOV 24 2025. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC NOV 25 2025. .WARNINGS. ...GALE WARNING... .LOW 21S179E 998 MB MOVING SSE 10 KT. TROUGHS FROM LOW 19S178W 18S177W 11S175E 07S160E...AND FROM LOW TO 16S174W 16S166W NEARLY STATIONARY. SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 210 WITHIN LOW AND TROUGHS. WINDS 30 TO 35 KT S OF 23S BETWEEN 177W AND 179E. WINDS 20 TO 30 KT ELSEWHERE S OF 20S BETWEEN 172W AND 176E. SEAS 2.5 TO 3M WITHIN 240 NM OF LOW AND TROUGHS S OF 15S. SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 210 WITHIN LOW AND TROUGHS...330 NM N OF TROUGH W OF 168E. .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 4M 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 3.5M WITHIN 90 NM EITHER SIDE OF TROUGH N OF 20S...AND S OF A LINE 22S167W 20S176W 21S173E. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .LOW 17S152W 1007 MB MOVING SLOWLY SSE. TROUGH 23S120W 15S140W LOW 15S157W 18S162W. WINDS 20 TO 30 KT FROM 22S TO 18S BETWEEN 140W TO 158W. SEAS 2.5 TO 4M S OF 17S W OF 143W. SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 240 NM E SEMICIRCLE OF LOW AND WITHIN 330 NM S OF TROUGH BETWEEN 135W AND 148W. .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 4M 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 3.5M S OF LINE 21S143W 18S158W. .WINDS 20 KT OR LESS OVER REMAINDER OF FORECAST AREA. .48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 2.5 TO 3M N OF 08S BETWEEN 160W AND 177W. .OTHERWISE...SEAS 2.5 M OR LOWER OVER REMAINDER OF FORECAST AREA. .SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 90NM OF LINE 10S175E 04S164E. $$ .FORECASTER BLOOD. HONOLULU HI.