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FZPS40 PHFO 092322
HSFSP 

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
2330 UTC FRI MAY 09 2008
SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS

SECURITE

SOUTH PACIFIC EQUATOR TO 25S BETWEEN 120W AND 160E

SYNOPSIS VALID 1800 UTC MAY 09 2008.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC MAY 10 2008.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC MAY 11 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 EXTENDING FROM 25S165W TO 13S171E THENCE A TROUGH TO 
09S160E.  FRONT MOVING E SLOWLY AND TROUGH NEARLY STATIONARY. 
W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT IN AREA S OF 24S BETWEEN 170E AND FRONT.  
ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 120 NM OF FRONT AND TROUGH.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT EXTENDING FROM 25S164W TO 15S178W THENCE A 
TROUGH TO 09S160E. W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT IN AREA S OF 24S BETWEEN 175E 
AND FRONT.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WEAKENING FRONT EXTENDING FROM 25S159W TO 17S180W 
THENCE A TROUGH TO 09S160E. WINDS DECREASING TO 20 KT OR LESS.

.RIDGE FROM 25S137W TO 11S177W TO 10S175E. PORTION OF RIDGE S OF 
20S MOVING E 20 KT. REST OF RIDGE NEARLY STATIONARY.

.RIDGE FROM 25S130W TO 23S120W MOVING E 15 KT.

.OTHERWISE WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.

.SEAS 8 TO 14 FT IN AREA S OF LINE FROM 19S160E TO 19S173E TO 
25S173W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 8 TO 14 FT IN AREA S OF A LINE FROM 25S161E 
TO 21S165E TO 17S176E TO 19S178W TO 25S168W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 8 TO 13 FT IN AREA S OF 20S BETWEEN 165E AND 
163W.

.ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS ELSEWHERE S OF 16S BETWEEN FRONT AND 130W. 
ALSO IN AREA FROM 05S TO 10S BETWEEN 176W AND 166W AND WITHIN 60 NM 
OF POINTS 08S143W AND 08S140W.

HONOLULU

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