High Seas Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
916 FZPN40 PHFO 030326 HSFNP HIGH SEAS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 0500 UTC WED JUL 03 2024 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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 JUL 03 2024. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC JUL 04 2024. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC JUL 05 2024. .WARNINGS. .NONE. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .TROUGH FROM 06N167E TO 02N170E MOVING W 10KT. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS FROM 02N167E TO 03N169E. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH FROM 07N163E TO 01N167E. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH W OF AREA. .WINDS 20 KT OR LESS AND SEAS 8 FT OR LESS OVER ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. .ITCZ FROM 11N140W TO 08N145W TO 04N151W TO 04N171W. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 60 NM ON EITHER SIDE OF ITCZ W OF 170W. .SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS FROM 08N TO 04N BETWEEN 179E TO 171E. $$ .FORECASTER TROTTER. HONOLULU HI.