


High Seas Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
251 FZPS40 PHFO 250335 HSFSP HIGH SEAS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 0530 UTC THU SEP 25 2025 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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 SEP 25 2025. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SEP 26 2025. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC SEP 27 2025. .WARNINGS. .NONE. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .TROUGH 25S148W 20S152W 14S160W 12S180W 12S175E. MOVING E 15 KT S OF 20S ELSEWHERE NEARLY STATIONARY. SCATTERED STRONG TSTMS WITHIN 210 NM OF TROUGH E OF 150W SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 210 NM OF TROUGH W OF 160W. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 25S140W 20S150W 15S170W. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 25S135W 20S147W 15S160W. .TROUGH 25S180W 20S174E 14S160E. MOVING E 15 KT S OF 20S ELSEWHERE NEARLY STATIONARY. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 120 NM OF TROUGH S OF 22S. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 25S177W 20S177E 15S169E 15S160E. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 25S175W 22S180W 15S167E 15S160E. .OTHERWISE...WINDS 20 KT OR LESS OVER ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. .SEAS 2.5 TO 4 M S OF LINE 20S160E 22S170E 10S170W 25S148W...AND S OF 22S E OF 125W. .24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 2.5 TO 3 M S OF 22S BETWEEN 170E AND 175W...AND WITHIN 180 NM OF POINT 15S169W...AND FROM 22S TO 10S E OF 123W. .48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 2.5 TO 4 M S OF LINE 20S160E 25S175E. .OTHERWISE...SEAS 2.5 M OR LOWER OVER REMAINDER OF FORECAST AREA. $$ .FORECASTER PECHACEK. HONOLULU HI.