High Seas Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
947 FZPS40 PHFO 022329 HSFSP HIGH SEAS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 2330 UTC TUE JUL 02 2024 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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 SOUTH PACIFIC EQUATOR TO 25S BETWEEN 120W AND 160E SYNOPSIS VALID 1800 UTC JUL 02 2024. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC JUL 03 2024. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC JUL 04 2024. .WARNINGS. .NONE. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .TROUGH FROM 25S152W TO 19S157W TO 14S166W TROUGH NEARLY STATIONARY. .SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS 250 NM E OF TROUGH S OF 21S. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH DISSIPATED. .TROUGH FROM 07S168E TO 05S160E MOVING S 10KT. .NUMEROUS MODERATE TO STRONG TSTMS FROM 08S TO 03S W OF 172E. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH FROM 11S169E TO 07S160E. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH FROM 17S175E TO 09S160E. .48 HOUR FORECAST NEW FRONT FROM 20S177E TO 25S177W MERGED WITH TROUGH AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. .WINDS E TO SE 20 TO 25 KT FROM 25S TO 17S E OF 136W...AND FROM 18S TO 02S W OF 177E. .24 HOUR FORECAST E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 20S TO 03S E OF 179W. .48 HOUR FORECAST E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 21S TO 07S W OF 172E...AND FROM 21S TO 03S W OF 176E. .OTHERWISE...WINDS 20 KT OR LESS OVER REMAINDER OF FORECAST AREA. .SEAS 12 TO 14 FT FROM 19S TO 06S E OF 146W. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT ELSEWHERE E OF A LINE FROM 24S140W TO 19S178W TO 09S175W TO 01S143W. .24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 8 TO 12 FT E OF A LINE FROM 24S124W TO 19S170W TO 10S177W TO 01S149W. .48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 8 TO 10 FT FROM 20S TO 06S E OF 179W. .OTHERWISE...SEAS 8 FT OR LESS OVER REMAINDER OF FORECAST AREA. .ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS FROM 08S TO 05S BETWEEN 175W TO 178E. $$ .FORECASTER TROTTER. HONOLULU HI.