High Seas Forecast
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HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
0530 UTC SAT NOV 23 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 23 2024.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC NOV 24 2024.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC NOV 25 2024.

.WARNINGS.


.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.TROUGH 16S153W 12S165W 13S173W 16S178W NEARLY STATIONARY.
SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 120 NM OF TROUGH.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 14S178W 13S171W 14S163W 14S154W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 16S178E 14S173W 12S166W 14S158W.

.TROUGH 15S160E 18S165E 19S171E 19S171E NEARLY STATIONARY.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 11S162E 16S166E 20S169E.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 12S163E 17S167E 22S170E.

.FRONT 22S143W 24S141W MOVING SE 10 KT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT WEAKENED TO TROUGH 21S145W 25S144W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH MOVED S OF AREA.

.FRONT 23S168W 25S165W MOVING E 10 KT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT 21S160W 24S157W 25S156W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT 22S155W 25S151W.

.WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 22S TO 17S BETWEEN 180E AND 165E.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF 18S W OF 175E.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 TO 30 KT S OF 20S W OF 178E.

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

.SEAS 12 TO 13 FT S OF LINE 21S120W 25S125W. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT
ELSEWHERE S OF LINE 11S120W 12S133W 25S143W. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT S OF
19S W OF 176W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 8 TO 10 FT S OF 06S E OF 139W. SEAS 8 TO 11
FT S 17S W OF 179E.
.48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 12 TO 13 FT FROM 20S TO 22S BETWEEN 168E AND
171W. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT ELSEWHERE S OF 19S W 176E. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT E
OF 137W.

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

.ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 90 NM OF POINT 16S143W.

$$

.FORECASTER M BALLARD. HONOLULU HI.