High Seas Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
711 FZPS40 PHFO 150313 HSFSP HIGH SEAS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 0530 UTC FRI NOV 15 2024 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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. SECURITE SOUTH PACIFIC EQUATOR TO 25S BETWEEN 120W AND 160E SYNOPSIS VALID 0000 UTC NOV 15 2024. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC NOV 16 2024. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC NOV 17 2024. .WARNINGS. .NONE. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .FRONT 25S132W 18S146W THENCE TROUGH 11S158W 05S176E. FRONT AND TROUGH NEARLY STATIONARY. SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 210 NM OF TROUGH W OF 158W. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 90 NM OF TROUGH E OF 158W. .24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT WEAKENED TO TROUGH 25S132W 16S153W. SECOND TROUGH 12S172W 05S170E. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 25S131W 18S145W. SECOND TROUGH 12S180E 05S165E. .TROUGH 21S170E 12S160E MOVING S SLOWLY. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 180 NM OF TROUGH. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 25S172E 14S165E. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 25S174E 19S167E. .SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT IN AREA BOUNDED BY 10S179E 13S167W 23S167W 16S179E 10S179E. .24 HOUR FORECAST SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT IN AREA BOUNDED BY 15S175W 10S160W 24S160W 20S175W 15S175W. .48 HOUR FORECAST E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF LINE 25S132W 15S160W 14S170W 25S175W. .WINDS 20 KT OR LESS OVER REMAINDER OF FORECAST AREA. .48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 8 TO 9 FT S OF LINE 25S140W 18S155W 25S160W. .SEAS 8 FT OR LOWER OVER REMAINDER OF FORECAST AREA. .ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS FROM 11S TO 05S BETWEEN 172W AND 167E. $$ .FORECASTER WROE. HONOLULU HI.