


High Seas Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
617 FZPS40 PHFO 180912 HSFSP HIGH SEAS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1130 UTC MON AUG 18 2025 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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 0600 UTC AUG 18 2025. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC AUG 19 2025. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC AUG 20 2025. .WARNINGS. .NONE. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .FRONT 25S166W 20S170W 15S178W MOVING SE 10 SLOWLY. .24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT 25S163W 16S177W. .48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT WEAKENED TO TROUGH 25S164W 15S178W. .FRONT 25S130W 19S140W 12S154W 11S160W NEARLY STATIONARY. .24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT WEAKENED TO TROUGH 25S133W 18S140W 12S150W 12S156W. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 25S134W 15S148W 10S160W. .FRONT 25S139W 23S142W MOVING SE SLOWLY. .24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT WEAKENED TO TROUGH 25S139W 22S144W. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH DISSIPATED. .TROUGH 15S168E 09S160E MOVING W 10 KT. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 90 NM S OF TROUGH... AND WITHIN 60 NM OF TROUGH W OF 163E. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 18S166E 12S160E. WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 22S TO 18S BETWEEN 163E AND 170E. .24 HOUR FORECAST NEW TROUGH 11S150W 04S162W. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 11S150W 04S155W. .48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 21S TO 10S W OF 175W. .WINDS 20 KT OR LESS OVER REMAINDER OF FORECAST AREA. .SEAS 2.5 TO 3 M S OF LINE 10S160W 20S135W 10S120W. .24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 2.5 TO 3 M S OF LINE 12S155W 20S135W 07S130W 05S120W. .48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 2.5 TO 3 M S OF LINE 20S150W 20S140W 05S130W 04S120W... AND FROM 15S TO 10S BETWEEN 168E AND 180W. .SEAS 2.5 M OR LOWER OVER REMAINDER OF FORECAST AREA. .ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS FROM 13S TO 11S BETWEEN 175W AND 170W... AND N OF 04S BETWEEN 163E AND 167E. $$ .FORECASTER SHIGESATO. HONOLULU HI.