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FZPS40 PHFO 120333
HSFSP

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
0530 UTC SUN MAY 12 2024

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 MAY 12 2024.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC MAY 13 2024.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC MAY 14 2024.

.WARNINGS.


.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.FRONT 25S149W 16S161W THENCE TROUGH TO 11S178W 07S160W.
FRONT MOVING E 10 KT S OF 19S. TROUGH NEARLY STATIONARY.
SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT BETWEEN 20S AND TROUGH. SCATTERED
MODERATE TO STRONG TSTMS WITHIN 270 NM OF FRONT
AND TROUGH.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT 25S148W 18S160W THENCE TROUGH
10S175W 05S160E. WINDS 20 TO 25 KT BETWEEN 22S AND TROUGH.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT WEAKENED TO A TROUGH 20S155W 11S173W
09S160E. WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF TROUGH.

.FRONT 18S120W 17S125W MOVING N SLOWLY.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT 17S120W 15S125W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT WEAKENED TO TROUGH 16W120W 13S128W.

.WINDS 20 KT OR LESS OVER REMAINDER OF FORECAST AREA.

.SEAS 12 TO 16 FT S OF LINE 25S160W 20S170W 20S178W. SEAS 12
TO 13 FT FROM 17S AND 22S BETWEEN 170E AND 180E. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT
ELSEWHERE S OF LINE 25S150W 10S170W 10S172E 15S160E.
.24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 12 TO 13 FT S OF 23S BETWEEN 172W AND
155W. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT ELSEWHERE S OF LINE 25S148W 10S160W 10S160E.
.48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 12 TO 13 FT S OF LINE 25S145W 19S170W. SEAS
8 TO 12 FT ELSEWHERE S OF LINE 25S136W 04S161W 05S169W 12S173W
10S160E.

.OTHERWISE...SEAS 8 FT OR LOWER OVER REMAINDER OF FORECAST AREA.


$$

.FORECASTER M BALLARD. HONOLULU HI.