High Seas Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
469 FZPN40 PHFO 290304 HSFNP HIGH SEAS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 0500 UTC SAT JUN 29 2024 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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 0000 UTC JUN 29 2024. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC JUN 30 2024. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC JUL 01 2024. .WARNINGS. .NONE. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .TROUGH 30N169E 28N164E NEARLY STATIONARY. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH DISSIPATED. .TROUGH 09N176E 04N164E MOVING W 10 KT. SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG TSTMS WITHIN 180 NM OF TROUGH. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 09N165E 02N160E. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH MOVED W OF AREA. .TROUGH FROM 13N147W TO 11N140W MOVING W SLOWLY. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH DISSIPATED. .48 HOUR FORECAST NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 09N TO 15N BETWEEN 145W AND 155W. .WINDS 20 KT OR LESS OVER REMAINDER OF FORECAST AREA. .SEAS 8 FT OR LESS OVER ENTIRE AREA. .ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS FROM 19N TO 25N BETWEEN 174E AND 169E... AND S OF 06S W OF 165E. .ITCZ 09N147W 06N163W. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 60 NM N AND 90 NM S OF ITCZ. $$ .FORECASTER WROE. HONOLULU HI.