High Seas Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
439 FZPN40 PHFO 070333 HSFNP HIGH SEAS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 0500 UTC MON SEP 07 2026 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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 NORTH PACIFIC EQUATOR TO 30N BETWEEN 140W AND 180W SYNOPSIS VALID 0000 UTC SEP 07 2026. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SEP 08 2026. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SEP 09 2026. .WARNINGS. ...HURRICANE WARNING... .HURRICANE LOWELL NEAR 15.9N 163.5W 948 MB AT 0300 UTC SEP 07 MOVING N OR 010 DEG AT 8 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 105 KT GUSTS 130 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 150 NM FROM CENTER EXCEPT 110 NM SW QUADRANT. WINDS 20 TO 30 KT ELSEWHERE FROM 10N TO 25N BETWEEN 158W AND 169W. SEAS 4 M OR GREATER WITHIN 300 NM W SEMICIRCLE...240 NM NE QUADRANT AND 270 NM SE QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 10.5 M. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.5 M ELSEWHERE N OF 02N W OF 152W. NUMEROUS MODERATE TO SCATTERED STRONG TSTMS WITHIN 85 NM FROM CENTER. .24 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE LOWELL NEAR 19.7N 162.1W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 95 KT GUSTS 115 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 160 NM E SEMICIRCLE...100 NM SW QUADRANT AND 140 NM NW QUADRANT. WINDS 20 TO 30 KT ELSEWHERE FROM 14N TO 29N BETWEEN 157W AND 168W. SEAS 4 M OR GREATER FROM 15N TO 24N BETWEEN 158W AND 165W WITH SEAS TO 12 M. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.5 M ELSEWHERE N OF 02N W OF 154W. .48 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE LOWELL NEAR 25.3N 161.5W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 65 KT GUSTS 80 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 140 NM FROM CENTER EXCEPT 90 NM SW QUADRANT. WINDS 20 TO 30 KT ELSEWHERE N OF 22N BETWEEN 158W AND 167W. SEAS 4 M OR GREATER FROM 22N TO 29N BETWEEN 158W AND 167W WITH SEAS TO 12 M. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.5 M ELSEWHERE N OF 15N W OF 156W. FORECAST WINDS IN AND NEAR ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES SHOULD BE USED WITH CAUTION DUE TO UNCERTAINTY IN FORECAST TRACK...SIZE AND INTENSITY. ...GALE WARNING... .POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE KARINA NEAR 23.1N 146.2W 998 MB AT 0300 UTC SEP 07 MOVING WNW OR 300 DEG AT 5 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT GUSTS 50 KT. WINDS 30 TO 40 KT WITHIN 140 NM NE QUADRANT...80 NM SE QUADRANT AND 110 NM NW QUADRANT. WINDS 20 TO 30 KT ELSEWHERE FROM 21N TO 29N BETWEEN 141W AND 150W. SEAS 4 M OR GREATER WITHIN 210 NM W SEMICIRCLE...180 NM NE QUADRANT AND 120 NM SE QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 5.5 M. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.5 M ELSEWHERE N OF 14N E OF 152W. SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS NE OF CENTER WITHIN 40 NM OF 24N144W. .24 HOUR FORECAST REMNANT LOW OF KARINA NEAR 23.7N 150.0W. WINDS 20 TO 30 KT FROM 23N TO 30N BETWEEN 145W AND 157W. SEAS 2.5 TO 4.5 M N OF 20N BETWEEN 142W AND 154W. .48 HOUR FORECAST REMNANT OF LOW OF KARINA DISSIPATED. WINDS 20 TO 30 KT N OF 27N BETWEEN 151W AND 158W. SEAS 4 TO 5 M FROM 27N TO 29N BETWEEN 154W AND 158W. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.5 M ELSEWHERE N OF 13N BETWEEN 145W AND 156W. ...GALE WARNING... .WINDS 30 TO 35 KT FROM 09N TO 11N BETWEEN 153W AND 155W. WINDS 20 TO 30 KT ELSEWHERE FROM 08N TO 13N BETWEEN 152W AND 157W. .24 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 08N TO 13N BETWEEN 152W AND 157W. .48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS SUBSIDED BELOW 20 KT. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST .WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 02N TO 10N W OF 158W. .24 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 03N TO 07N W OF 165W. .48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS SUBSIDED BELOW 20 KT. .WINDS 20 KT OR LESS OVER REMAINDER OF FORECAST AREA. .SEAS 2.5 M OR LESS OVER REMAINDER OF FORECAST AREA. .MONSOON TROUGH 10N140W TO 14N150W TO 16N150W...AND 14N165W TO 09N173W TO 08N180W. SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS TO ISOLATED STRONG TSTMS S OF TROUGH FROM 00N TO 06N E OF 171W. SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 80 NM OF A LINE FROM 05N167W TO 13N157W. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS FROM 00N TO 11N E OF 156W. $$ .FORECASTER CHAN. HONOLULU HI.