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FZPS40 PHFO 240515
HSFSP 

HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
0530 UTC TUE NOV 24 2009

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS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 0000 UTC NOV 24 2009.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC NOV 25 2009.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0000 UTC NOV 26 2009.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.LOW NEAR 09S179E 1007 MB MOVING SSE SLOWLY. TROUGHS FROM LOW 
THROUGH 10S170E TO 04S160E...AND THROUGH 12S170W TO 15S160W TO 
20S153W...NEARLY STATIONARY. NUMEROUS MODERATE TO STRONG TSTMS  
WITHIN 200 NM S SEMICIRCLE AND ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 200 
ELSEWHERE OF LOW. ALSO NUMEROUS MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 225 NM N OF 
TROUGH BETWEEN LOW AND 165W. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 150 NM 
N OF TROUGH E OF 165W. SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 300 NM S OF 
TROUGH W OF LOW BETWEEN 168E AND 162E.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW NEAR 11S179W 1006 MB WITH TROUGHS THROUGH 
08S169E TO 01S160E AND THROUGH 15S175W TO 20S153W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW NEAR 13S177W 1005 MB WITH TROUGHS THROUGH 
07S170E TO 00S162E AND THROUGH 17S160W TO 24S155W.

.DISSIPATING COLD FRONT FROM 25S161W TO 20S165W TO 17S175W TO 
20S173E NE AND N TO 15 KT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WEAK COLD FRONT 25S157W TO 20S161W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT DISSIPATED.

.FRONT FROM 25S151W TO 24S143W TO 25S137W MOVING S TO 12 KT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT S OF FCST AREA.

.HIGH NEAR 04S173E NEARLY STATIONARY. RIDGES TO 10S160W TO 21S140W 
AND TO 00S173E.
.24 HOUR FORECAST HIGH DISSIPATED.

.OTHERWISE...WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. 

.SEAS 8 TO 10 FT S OF A LINE 25S134W TO 20S137W TO 17S151W TO 
25S152W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 8 TO 9 FT S OF A LINE 25S140W TO 17S155W TO 
25S155W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 8 FT OR LESS ENTIRE AREA.

.ELSEWHERE...SEAS 8 FT OR LESS. 

.ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS N OF 06S BETWEEN 180E AND 165E.

$$
.FORECASTER H LAU. HONOLULU HI.