The High Seas Forecast for the South Pacific

High Seas Forecast Issued: 01/21/2025 01:08:19 PM UTC
                        
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HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
0530 UTC TUE JAN 21 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC JAN 21 2025.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC JAN 22 2025.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC JAN 23 2025.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.FRONT 25S173E 16S166E MOVING E 10 KT. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS
FROM 17S TO 08S W OF 166E.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT 25S178E 17S167E.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FRONT BECOMES TROUGH FROM 25S174W TO
20S169E.

.TROUGH 25S163W 23S165W MOVING SE SLOWLY. SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS
WITHIN 240 NM NE OF TROUGH.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH FROM 25S157W TO 22S163W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH FROM 25S156W T0 22S163W.

.E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 12S TO 04S BETWEEN 142W AND 160W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WIND DECREASED TO 20 KT OR BELOW.

.WINDS 20 KT OR LESS REMAINDER FORECAST AREA.

.SEAS 8 FT OR LOWER ALL FORECAST AREA.

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.FORECASTER FOSTER. HONOLULU HI.