050
FZPS40 PHFO 060511
HSFSP
HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
0530 UTC SUN JUL 06 2008
SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS
SECURITE
SOUTH PACIFIC EQUATOR TO 25S BETWEEN 120W AND 160E
SYNOPSIS VALID 0000 UTC JUL 06 2008.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC JUL 07 2008.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC JUL 08 2008.
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.
.WARNINGS.
.NONE.
.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.
.COLD FRONT FROM 25S170W TO 19S179E CONTINUING AS A SHEAR LINE
14SS170E 09S160E. FRONT MOVING E 15 KT. SHEAR LINE NEARLY
STATIONARY. WINDS 20 TO 30 KT S OF 15S W OF FRONT AND SHEAR LINE.
ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 90 NM NE OF THE FRONT S OF 20S.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FROM 25S164W TO 17S175W THENCE A SHEAR LINE
TO 13S170E TO 10S160E. WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF 14S W OF FRONT AND
THE SHEAR LINE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FROM 25S158W TO 18S170W TO 14S178W THENCE A
SHEAR LINE TO 12S170E TO 10S160E. WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITHIN AREA
FROM 12S TO 22S W OF 179E AND SHEAR LINE.
.COLD FRONT FROM 25S127W TO 21S134W THENCE SHEAR LINE TO 17S150W.
FRONT MOVING E 10 KT. SHEAR LINE NEARLY STATIONARY.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT DISSIPATING THROUGH 20S121W TO 19S130W.
.RIDGE FROM 22S120W TO 19S130W NEARLY STATIONARY.
.RIDGE FROM 25S156W TO 20S170W TO 17S177E MOVING E 15 KT.
OTHERWISE
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.
.SEAS 9 TO 13 FT S OF 18S W OF 177W. SEAS 9 TO 10 FT S OF 19S
BETWEEN 134W AND 146W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 9 TO 14 FT S OF A LINE FROM 13S160E TO
15S180E TO 25S169W. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT S OF 20S BETWEEN 124W AND 138W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 9 TO 14 FT S OF A LINE FROM 10S160E TO
10S180W TO 17S170W 25S155W.
OTHERWISE
SEAS 8 FT OR LESS.
.ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN AREA FROM 08S TO 17S BETWEEN 167W
AND 173W AND FROM 02S TO 10S BETWEEN 175W AND 178E.
.FORECASTER JHOAG. HONOLULU HI.
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