High Seas Forecast
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HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
0530 UTC THU NOV 21 2024

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 NOV 21 2024.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC NOV 22 2024.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC NOV 23 2024.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.TROUGH FROM 25S137W TO 13S150W TO 10S1561W TO 12S178W TO
07S178E MOVING SW 20 KT AND ERODING FROM THE SW. ISOLATED
MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 150 NM OF TROUGH.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH FROM 15S150W TO 13S175W TO 14S174E TO
09S171E. E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF 18S W OF 179E.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH FROM 19S167E TO 10S165E. E TO SE WINDS
20 TO 30 KT S OF 19S W OF 175E.

.FRONT FROM 25S170E TO 23S172E MOVING SE 10 KT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT TROUGH MOVED S OF AREA.

.48 HOUR FORECAST NEW TROUGH FROM 25S154W TO 15S162W TO 12S178W.

.E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF A LINE FROM 19S176E TO 12S160E.
.24 HOUR FORECAST E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF 18S W OF 179E.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS DECREASED TO 20 KT OR BELOW.

.WINDS 20 KT OR LESS OVER REMAINDER OF FORECAST AREA.

.24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 8 TO 10 FT S OF LINE FROM 25S133W TO
14S127W TO 15S120W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 8 TO 9 FT FROM 21S TO 10S E OF 133W.
SEAS 8 TO 9 FT FROM 22S TO 18S BETWEEN 175E AND 169E.

.SEAS 8 FT OR LOWER OVER REMAINDER OF FORECAST AREA.

.ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS FROM 15S TO 06S W OF 170E.

$$

.FORECASTER FOSTER. HONOLULU HI.