


High Seas Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
185 FZPN40 PHFO 171515 HSFNP HIGH SEAS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1700 UTC FRI OCT 17 2025 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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 NORTH PACIFIC EQUATOR TO 30N BETWEEN 140W AND 160E SYNOPSIS VALID 1200 UTC OCT 17 2025. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC OCT 18 2025. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC OCT 19 2025. .WARNINGS. .NONE. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .TROUGH 29N160W 24N162W 19N162W MOVING W SLOWLY. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS N OF 21N BETWEEN 164W AND 158W. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 28N164W 19N167W. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 26N167W 20N168W. .TROUGH 10N177E 03N173E MOVING W 10 KT. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 210 NM OF TROUGH. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 12N169E 08N167E. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH MOVED W OF AREA. .24 HOUR FORECAST NEW FRONT 30N165E 28N161E. WINDS 20 TO 25 KT AND SEAS 2.5 TO 4 M N OF LINE 30N162E 28N160E. .48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT MOVED N OF AREA. WINDS MOVED N OF AREA. SEAS 2.5 TO 3 M N OF LINE 30N170E 21N160E. .WINDS 20 KT OR LESS OVER REMAINDER FORECAST AREA. .SEAS 2.5 TO 4 M N OF LINE 30N163W 24N164W 20N154W 15N151W 13N140W. .24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 2.5 TO 3 M N OF LINE 30N167W 25N168W 21N159W 14N161W 12N140W. .48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 2.5 TO 3 M N OF 24N BETWEEN 172W AND 147W. .SEAS 2.5 M OR LESS OVER REMAINDER FORECAST AREA. .ITCZ 06N140W 10N153W 10N168W 07N179E. SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS FROM 16N TO 06N BETWEEN 171W AND 150W...AND WITHIN 180 NM ELSEWHERE. .SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS FROM 27N TO 17N BETWEEN 160W AND 144W...AND FROM 22N TO 12N W OF 171E. $$ .FORECASTER PIERCE. HONOLULU HI.