High Seas Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
530 FZPN03 KNHC 290858 HSFEP2 HIGH SEAS FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1030 UTC WED JUL 29 2026 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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. SECURITE E PACIFIC FROM THE EQUATOR TO 30N E OF 140W AND 03.4S TO THE EQUATOR E OF 120W SYNOPSIS VALID 0600 UTC WED JUL 29. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC THU JUL 30. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC FRI JUL 31. .WARNINGS. ...HURRICANE WARNING... .HURRICANE GENEVIEVE NEAR 18.4N 118.4W 956 MB AT 0900 UTC JUL 29 MOVING WNW OR 285 DEG AT 8 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 105 KT GUSTS 130 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 120 NM N SEMICIRCLE...110 NM SE QUADRANT AND 100 NM SW QUADRANT. SEAS 4 M OR GREATER WITHIN 240 NM NE AND SW QUADRANTS...300 NM NW QUADRANT AND 180 NM SE QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 11 M. ELSEWHERE...WITHIN 20N115W TO 22N118W TO 21N121W TO 18N122W TO 16N119W TO 17N115W TO 20N115W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 3.5 TO 4.0 M. REMAINDER OF AREA OVER FORECAST WATERS...WITHIN 30N117W TO 30N127W TO 25N133W TO 14N130W TO 11N115W TO 17N110W TO 30N117W...INCLUDING SEBASTIAN VIZCAINO BAY AND WITHIN 60 NM OF SHORE...WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO 4.0 M IN MIXED SWELL. .24 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE GENEVIEVE NEAR 19.5N 122.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 90 KT GUSTS 110 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 120 NM NE QUADRANT...100 NM SE QUADRANT...90 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 110 NM NW QUADRANT. SEAS 4 M OR GREATER WITHIN 210 NM NE QUADRANT...180 NM SE QUADRANT...210 NM SW QUADRANT...AND 270 NM NE QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 10.5 M. ELSEWHERE...WITHIN 20N118W TO 23N122W TO 22N125W TO 19N125W TO 18N123W TO 18N118W TO 20N118W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 3.5 TO 4.0 M. REMAINDER OF AREA OVER FORECAST WATERS...WITHIN 22N115W TO 30N120W TO 30N140W TO 14N140W TO 17N132W TO 14N119W TO 22N115W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.5 M IN MIXED SWELL. .48 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE GENEVIEVE NEAR 21.0N 127.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 70 KT GUSTS 85 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 100 NM N SEMICIRCLE...90 NM SE QUADRANT AND 70 NM SW QUADRANT. SEAS 4 M OR GREATER WITHIN 210 NM N SEMICIRCLE...AND 180 NM S SEMICIRCLE WITH SEAS TO 9.0 M. ELSEWHERE...WITHIN 22N123W TO 25N125W TO 25N127W TO 24N131W TO 20N128W TO 20N123W TO 22N123W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 3.5 TO 4.0 M. REMAINDER OF AREA OVER FORECAST WATERS...WITHIN 22N119W TO 29N125W TO 26N140W TO 16N140W TO 19N133W TO 16N123W TO 22N119W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.5 M IN MIXED SWELL. FORECAST WINDS IN AND NEAR ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES SHOULD BE USED WITH CAUTION DUE TO UNCERTAINTY IN FORECAST TRACK...SIZE AND INTENSITY. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .06 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 12N86W TO 12N89W TO 10N89W TO 10N86W TO 11N86W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 2.5 M. .24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE. .48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE. .REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 2.5 M. CONVECTION VALID AT 0830 UTC WED JUL 29... .HURRICANE GENEVIEVE...NUMEROUS MODERATE WITHIN 120 NM OF CENTER AND FROM 12N TO 16N BETWEEN 112W AND 116W. .TROPICAL WAVE AXIS ALONG 87W...SCATTERED MODERATE FROM 11N TO 14N BETWEEN 87W AND 91W. .TROPICAL WAVE AXIS ALONG 107W...SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG FROM 06N TO 16N BETWEEN 106W AND 109W. .INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... MONSOON TROUGH AXIS FROM 10N81W TO 06N93W TO 09N107W. ITCZ AXIS FROM 10N130W TO 08N140W. NUMEROUS MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG FROM 01N TO 17N BETWEEN 91W AND 103W. $$ .FORECASTER KONARIK. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.