NWS Forecast

FZPN40 PHFO 262240
HSFNP

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
2300 UTC SAT JUL 26 2008
SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS

SECURITE

NORTH PACIFIC EQUATOR TO 30N BETWEEN 140W AND 160E

SYNOPSIS VALID 1800 UTC JUL 26 2008.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC JUL 27 2008.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1800 UTC JUL 28 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.

.TROUGH FROM 18N174E TO 15N171E TO 13N172E MOVING W 25 KT. WINDS 20
TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT AND SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG
TSTMS WITHIN 60 NM OF TROUGH N OF 14N. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS
WITHIN AREA FROM 18N TO 21N BETWEEN 173E AND 175E.
.24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH DISSIPATED.

.RIDGE FROM 30N176E TO 28N160E NEARLY STATIONARY.

.WINDS 20 KT OR LESS OVER ENTIRE AREA.

.SEAS 8 FR OR LESS OVER ENTIRE AREA.

.ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN AREA FROM 26N TO 20N BETWEEN 162E
AND 168E...ALSO FROM 20N TO 16N W OF 165E. ALSO S OF 05N W OF 162E.

.ITCZ FROM 10N140W TO 06N160W TO 05180E TO 04N168E. ISOLATED
MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 60 NM OF ITCZ E OF 166W AND W OF 170E.
SCATTERED MODERATE TO STRONG TSTMS WITHIN 120 NM OF ITCZ BETWEEN
166W AND 176W.

.FORECASTER JHOAG. HONOLULU HI.