High Seas Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
914 FZPS40 PHFO 061533 HSFSP HIGH SEAS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1730 UTC SUN OCT 06 2024 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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 OCTOBER 16 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 1200 UTC OCT 06 2024. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC OCT 07 2024. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC OCT 08 2024. .WARNINGS. .NONE. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .FRONT FROM 25S127W TO 20S134W MOVING SLOWLY E. .24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FROM 25S124W TO 20S132W. .48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT DISSIPATED. .TROUGH FROM 25S179E TO 18S176E MOVING W SLOWLY. .24 HOUR FORECAST WEAKENING TROUGH FROM 25S178E TO 18S174E. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH DISSIPATED. .TROUGH FROM 10S177W TO 09S160E NEARLY STATIONARY. SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 360 NM PRIMARILY N OF TROUGH. .24 HOUR FORECAST WEAKENED TROUGH FROM 10N179W TO 09S160E. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH DISSIPATED AND MOVED W OF AREA. .SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT BETWEEN TWO LINES FROM 18S140W TO 25S160W AND FROM 10S162E TO 24S172W. .24 HOUR FORECAST SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 22S TO 12S BETWEEN 144W TO 173E. .48 HOUR FORECAST SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 22S TO 13S BETWEEN 150W AND 177E. .OTHERWISE...WINDS 20 KT OR LESS OVER REMAINDER OF FORECAST AREA. .SEAS 8 TO 10 FT FROM 21S TO 09S BETWEEN 151W AND 176W. .24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 8 TO 10 FT S OF 23S BETWEEN 133W TO 153W. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT FROM 18S TO 12S BETWEEN 160W TO 170W. .48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 8 TO 12 FT S OF A LINE FROM 22S120W TO 15S155W. .OTHERWISE...SEAS 8 FT OR LOWER OVER REMAINDER OF FORECAST AREA. .ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 60 NM OF 11S165W. $$ .FORECASTER BLOOD. HONOLULU HI.