FZPS40 PHFO 091715
HSFSP 
HIGH SEAS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1730 UTC SAT MAY 09 2009
SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS
SECURITE
SOUTH PACIFIC EQUATOR TO 25S BETWEEN 120W AND 160E
SYNOPSIS VALID 1200 UTC MAY 09 2009.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC MAY 10 2009.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC MAY 11 2009.
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.
.LOW 17S168W 1007 MB MOVING E NEAR 10 KT. FRONTS FROM LOW TO 21S158W 
AND TO 15S180W TO 10S170E THENCE TROUGH TO 09S160E. WIDELY SCATTERED 
MODERATE TO STRONG TSTMS WITHIN 120 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE 18S157W 
16S165W 15S178W 11S172E 11S160E.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW 17S165W 1009 MB. FRONTS FROM LOW TO 21S158W 
AND TO 16S175W TO 10S170E THENCE TROUGH 10S160E.
.48 HOUR FORECAST LOW DISSIPATED. FRONT THROUGH 18S155W 16S165W
15S180W 12S170E THENCE TROUGH TO 10S160E.
.DISSIPATING COLD FRONT FROM 25S122W TO 21S130W TO 19S140W
MOVING E NEAR 10 KT. NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITHIN 250 NM E OF FRONT E 
OF 130W. SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 200 NM E OF FRONT E OF 131W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT DISSIPATED...AND WINDS DIMINISHED TO 20 KT 
OR LESS.
.DISSIPATING DISSIPATING COLD FRONT FROM 25S176W TO 20S170E TO 
20S160E.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT DISSIPATED.
.DEVELOPING FRONT FROM 24S142W TO 21S151W TO 21S158W MOVING NE NEAR 
10 KT.
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FROM 23S133W TO 29S144W TO 21S158W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST FRONT FROM 25S122W TO 17S135W TO 16S145W TO 18S155W
.24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT ALONG 25S W OF 171E.
.48 HOUR FORECAST DISSIPATING FRONT FROM 25S178W TO 20S170E.
.RIDGE FROM 17S120W TO 10S160W TO 02S170E NEARLY STATIONARY.
.OTHERWISE...WINDS 20 KT OR LESS.
.SEAS 12 TO 15 FT S OF A LINE 25S178W 23S173E 23S164E TO 25S160E.
ALSO SEAS 8 TO 13 FT S OF A LINE FROM 22S120W TO 16S136W TO 20S150W 
TO 25S163W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 8 TO 13 FT OVER WATERS S OF A LINE 20S165W 
17S174W 15S175E 13S160E. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT S OF A LINE 20S120W 18S145W 
17S155W TO 20S165W.
.48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 12 TO 17 FT S OF A LINE 25S177E 22S171E 
22S160E. SEAS 8 TO 14 FT S OF A LINE FROM 20S120W TO 16S136W.
SEAS 8 TO 12 FT ELSEWHERE OVER WATERS S OF A LINE 20S137W 15S167W 
12S175E 12S160E.
.OTHERWISE...SEAS 8 FT OR LESS OVER REST OF AREA.
.ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 80 NM EITHER SIDE OF A LINE 04S177E 
07S176E.
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.FORECASTER. HONOLULU HI.