649  
FZPS40 PHFO 232312  
HSFSP  
 
HIGH SEAS FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI  
2330 UTC SAT AUG 23 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SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS  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 1800 UTC AUG 23 2025.  
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC AUG 24 2025.  
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC AUG 25 2025.  
 
.WARNINGS.  
 
.NONE.  
 
.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.  
 
.TROUGH 25S130W 21S133W MOVING SE SLOWLY.  
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 25S127W 17S132W.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH MOVED E OF AREA.  
 
.TROUGH 25S137W 20S151W 14S158W MOVING NEARLY STATIONARY.  
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH DISSIPATED.  
 
.TROUGH 25S167W 20S171W 11S178E 07S167E 07S160E MOVING W SLOWLY  
S OF 20S...AND NEARLY STATIONARY AND DISSIPATING ELSEWHERE. WINDS  
MAINLY 20 TO 25 KT BETWEEN TROUGH AND 20S W OF 171W...AND S OF 10S  
BETWEEN 140W AND 164W. SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 210 NM OF  
TROUGH W OF 170E. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 90 NM OF TROUGH  
ELSEWHERE.  
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 25S169W 17S173W. WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF  
10S BETWEEN 140W AND 169W.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 25S161W 18S164W. WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM  
10S TO 20S BETWEEN 140W AND 164W.  
 
.FRONT NEAR 25S160E MOVING E 15 KT. WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF 20S W  
OF 172W.  
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT 25S167E 17S164E 14S160E. WINDS 20 TO 25 KT  
S OF 20S BETWEEN FRONT AND 180E.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT 25S177E 16S169E 12S167E THENCE TROUGH TO  
07S160E. WINDS 20 TO 30 KT S OF 20S BETWEEN FRONT AND 175W.  
 
.24 HOUR FORECAST NEW TROUGH 14S169E 06S161E.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH MERGED WITH FRONT AND TROUGH DESCRIBED  
IMMEDIATELY ABOVE.  
 
.48 HOUR FORECAST NEW TROUGH 25S164E 22S160E. WINDS 20 TO 30 KT  
S OF 20S W OF 167E.  
 
.WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 10S TO 18S E OF 125W.  
.24 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 05S TO 18S E OF 140W.  
.48 HOUR FORECAST WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF 05S E OF 140W.  
   
SEAS MAINLY 2.5 TO 3.0 M S OF 05S
 
EXCEPT SEAS 2.5 M OR LOWER  
S OF 15S BETWEEN 130W AND 150W.  
.24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 2.5 TO 4.0 M S OF LINE 15S140W 08S155W  
08S175W...AND S OF LINE 10S180E 25S160E. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.0 M FROM  
04S TO 17S E OF 135W.   
48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 2.5 TO 4.0 M S OF 20S W OF 175W
 
AND S OF  
04S E OF 175W.  
 
.WINDS 20 KT OR LESS AND SEAS 2.5 M OR LOWER OVER REMAINDER OF  
FORECAST AREA.  
 

 
 
.FORECASTER AHUE. HONOLULU HI.  
 
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