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FZPS40 PHFO 261527
HSFSP

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1730 UTC SAT APR 26 2025

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1200 UTC APR 26 2025.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC APR 27 2025.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC APR 28 2025.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.FRONT FROM 25S142W TO 20S147W TO 16S155W THENCE TROUGH TO
15S163W TO 12S178E. FRONT MOVING SLOWLY ESE WITH TROUGH NEARLY
STATIONARY. SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT AND SEAS 8 TO 12 FT S OF 19S
BETWEEN 152W AND 179E. SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 180 NM
EAST OF FRONT AND N OF TROUGH W OF 160W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FROM 25S144W TO 18S153W THENCE TROUGH TO
11S166W. WINDS FALLEN TO 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 12 TO 14 FT S OF 24S
BETWEEN 147W AND 158W. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT ELSEWHERE S OF 16S BETWEEN
156W AND 172W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT 25S140W TO 17S148W THENCE TROUGH TO
16S152W TO 13S166W. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT S OF 17S BETWEEN 138W AND
169W.

.TROUGH FROM 25S174E TO 20S167E TO 18S160E NEARLY STATIONARY. N
WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITHIN 300 NM OF TROUGH S OF 24S. SEAS 8 TO 11
FT S OF 23S BETWEEN 177E AND 170E.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH DISSIPATED.

.24 HOUR FORECAST NEW TROUGH FROM 23S163E TO 23S160E MOVING E AT
10 KT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH FROM 25S169E TO 21S166E TO 19S160E.

.ELSEWHERE...WINDS 20 KT OR LESS SEAS 8 FT OR LOWER OVER REMAINDER
OF FORECAST AREA.

.SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 90 NM OF A LINE FROM 10S150W TO
03S162W...AND FROM 09S163W TO 01S171W...AND WITHIN POINT 03S179W.
ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 150 NM OF POINT 12S179E.


$$

.FORECASTER BLOOD. HONOLULU HI.