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HIGH SEAS FORECAST

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI

2330 UTC SAT MAY 04 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 1800 UTC MAY 04 2024.

24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC MAY 05 2024.

48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC MAY 06 2024.



.WARNINGS.





.NONE. 



.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.



.LOW NEAR 15S177W 1006 MB NEARLY STATIONARY. TROUGHS FROM LOW TO 

21S172W 25S167W MOVING E 15 KT AND FROM LOW TO 13S176E 09S160E 

NEARLY STATIONARY. SEE WINDS AND SEAS BELOW. SCATTERED MODERATE 

TSTMS WITHIN 180 NM S OF TROUGH W OF 168E...AND N OF TROUGH BETWEEN

175W AND 170E.

.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW NEAR 15S178W 1006 MB. TROUGHS FROM LOW TO 

20S174W 21S171W 25S166W AND FROM LOW TO 11S170E 09S160E. SEE SEAS 

BELOW.

.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW NEAR 20S175W 1007 MB. TROUGHS FROM LOW TO 

21S173W 25S169W AND FROM LOW TO 11S170E 10S160E. SEE SEAS BELOW.



.WEAK FRONT 22S130W 25S123W MOVING E SLOWLY. SEE WINDS AND SEAS 

BELOW. 

.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT DISSIPATED.



.WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF LINE 10S160E 16S180E 25S172W...AND FROM 

16S TO 25S BETWEEN 128W AND 148W. 

.24 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITHIN AREA BOUNDED BY 10S160E 

20S178W 20S160E...AND FROM 05S TO 22S BETWEEN 129W AND 155W.

.48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 TO 25 KT BETWEEN 11S AND 18S W OF 

172E...AND FROM 05S TO 20S BETWEEN 133W AND 152W.



.WINDS 20 KT OR LESS REMAINDER FORECAST AREA. 



.SEAS 8 TO 11 FT S OF 12S AND W OF 180E...AND S OF 15S AND E OF 

147W.

.24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 8 TO 11 FT S OF LINE 11S160E 25S155W...AND 

FROM 12S TO 21S BETWEEN 125W AND 150W.

.48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 8 TO 11 FT S OF 14S BETWEEN 140W AND 178W. 



.SEAS 8 FT OR LOWER REMAINDER FORECAST AREA. 



.ISOLATED MODERATE TO STRONG TSTMS FROM 05S TO 13S BETWEEN 173W 

AND 147W.



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.FORECASTER M BALLARD. HONOLULU HI.