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HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
0530 UTC THU MAY 09 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 09 2024.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC MAY 10 2024.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC MAY 11 2024.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.FRONT FROM 25S162W TO 11S178E...THENCE TROUGH TO 09S168E TO
08S160E. FRONT MOVE NE SLOWLY AND TROUGH NEARLY STATIONARY. N
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF 21S WITHIN 240 NM E OF FRONT. S TO SE WINDS
20 TO 25 KT S OF A LINE FROM 25S172W TO 09S160E. NUMEROUS MODERATE
TSTMS WITHIN 240 NM OF FRONT AND TROUGH.
.24 HOUR FORECAST...FRONT FROM 25S157W TO 15S168W TO
10S179E...THENCE TROUGH TO 08S173E TO 08S160E. N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT
S OF 18S WITHIN 120 NM E OF FRONT. W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF 22S
BETWEEN 162W AND 177E. SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF 10S W OF 170E.
.48 HOUR FORECAST...FRONT FROM 25S155W TO 10S180W...THENCE TROUGH
TO 08S160E. N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF 21S WITHIN 180 NM E OF FRONT.
W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF 22S BETWEEN 162W AND 173W. SE WINDS 20
TO 25 KT S 18S W OF 178E.

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

.SEAS 8 TO 10 FT S OF 20S W OF 179E.
.24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 12 TO 13 FT S OF 24S BETWEEN 170W AND 180E.
SEAS 8 TO 12 FT ELSEWHERE S OF A LINE FROM 25S157W TO 20S170W TO
20S168E TO 25S163E.
.48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 12 TO 14 FT S OF A LINE FROM 25S162W TO
22S166W TO 22S178W TO 25S180E. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT ELSEWHERE S OF A
LINE FROM 25S154W TO 17S166W TO 17S171E TO 25S162E.

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


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.FORECASTER FOSTER. HONOLULU HI.