High Seas Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
817 FZPN40 PHFO 021519 HSFNP HIGH SEAS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1700 UTC TUE JUL 02 2024 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS ACCEPTING PUBLIC COMMENTS UNTIL JULY 29 2024 ON A PROPOSAL TO REPLACE FEET WITH METERS WHEN DESCRIBING SEAS IN A VARIETY OF NATIONAL MARINE CENTER TEXT AND GRAPHICAL PRODUCTS FOR THE OFFSHORE AND HIGH SEAS AREAS ONLY. TO LEARN MORE PLEASE VISIT HTTPS://OCEAN.WEATHER.GOV/PROPOSED-METERS.PHP SECURITE NORTH PACIFIC EQUATOR TO 30N BETWEEN 140W AND 160E SYNOPSIS VALID 1200 UTC JUL 02 2024. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC JUL 03 2024. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC JUL 04 2024. .WARNINGS. .NONE. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .TROUGH FROM 12N168E TO 09N166E TO 06N167E MOVING W 15 KT. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 180 NM W OF TROUGH FROM 11N TO 07N. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH FROM 11N160E TO 07N160E. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH MOVED W OF AREA. .WINDS 20 KT OR LESS AND SEAS 8 FT OR LESS OVER ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. .ITCZ FROM 10N140W TO 09N146W TO 07N148W TO 04N168W. SCATTERED STRONG TO MODERATE TSTMS ALONG ITCZ W OF 160W. SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS ELSEWHERE WITHIN 150 NM GENERALLY ALONG AND S OF ITCZ. .SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 120 NM OF A LINE FROM 03N168W TO 03N169E. $$ .FORECASTER BLOOD. HONOLULU HI.