High Seas Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
548 FZPN03 KNHC 291444 HSFEP2 HIGH SEAS FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1630 UTC WED JUL 29 2026 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES.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 1200 UTC WED JUL 29. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC THU JUL 30. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC FRI JUL 31. .WARNINGS. ...HURRICANE WARNING... .HURRICANE GENEVIEVE NEAR 18.8N 119.2W 960 MB AT 1500 UTC JUL 29 MOVING WNW OR 290 DEG AT 7 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 100 KT GUSTS 120 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 110 NM N SEMICIRCLE...120 NM SE QUADRANT AND 90 NM SW QUADRANT. SEAS 4 M OR GREATER WITHIN 210 NM S SEMICIRCLE...240 NM NE QUADRANT AND 270 NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 11 M. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 22N117W TO 22N122W TO 18N123W TO 15N121W TO 14N118W TO 17N114W TO 22N117W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 2.5 TO 4.0 M. REMAINDER OF AREA WITHIN 30N117W TO 30N127W TO 23N136W TO 16N136W TO 11N117W TO 19N112W TO 30N117W...INCLUDING NEAR SEBASTIAN VIZCAINO BAY AND WITHIN 60 NM OF SHORE...WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.5 M IN MIXED SWELL. .24 HOUR FORECAST HURRICANE GENEVIEVE NEAR 19.9N 123.1W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 75 KT GUSTS 90 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 100 NM NW AND SE QUADRANTS...110 NM NE QUADRANT AND 80 NM SW QUADRANT. SEAS 4 M OR GREATER WITHIN 210 NM OF CENTER...EXCEPT 240 NM NW QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 10 M. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 22N117W TO 25N121W TO 23N127W TO 17N125W TO 17N120W TO 22N117W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 2.5 TO 4.0 M. REMAINDER OF AREA WITHIN 30N121W TO 27N140W TO 14N140W TO 16N134W TO 13N127W TO 18N117W TO 30N121W WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.5 M IN MIXED SWELL .48 HOUR FORECAST TROPICAL STORM GENEVIEVE NEAR 21.4N 128.0W. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 60 KT GUSTS 75 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 90 NM N SEMICIRCLE...80 NM SE QUADRANT AND 60 NM SW QUADRANT. SEAS 4 M OR GREATER WITHIN 180 NM OF CENTER...EXCEPT 150 NM SE QUADRANT WITH SEAS TO 9 M. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 24N124W TO 26N126W TO 26N133W TO 23N132W TO 18N128W TO 20N124W TO 24N124W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 2.5 TO 4.0 M. REMAINDER OF AREA WITHIN 24N122W TO 29N127W TO 27N140W TO 16N140W TO 15N130W TO 17N124W TO 24N122W 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. .WITHIN 11N86W TO 11N88W TO 10N88W TO 10N87W TO 11N86W... INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 2.5 M. .24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 11N86W TO 11N89W TO 10N90W TO 09N89W TO 09N88W TO 10N86W TO 11N86W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO... NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 2.5 TO 3.0 M. .48 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE. .REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS LESS THAN 2.5 M. CONVECTION VALID AT 1300 UTC WED JUL 29... .HURRICANE GENEVIEVE...NUMEROUS MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG WITHIN 120 NM NE SEMICIRCLE...AND 75 NM SW SEMICIRCLE. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS MODERATE ELSEWHERE WITHIN ABOUT 180 NM E SEMICIRCLE ...AND 90 NM W SEMICIRCLE. .INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH... MONSOON TROUGH FROM 1008 MB LOW PRES AT 09.5N75W TO 08.5N84W TO 05N92W TO 13N115W. ITCZ EXTENDS FROM 11N123W TO BEYOND 07N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED STRONG FROM 02.5N TO 07N BETWEEN 77W AND 81W...FROM 02.5N TO 08N BETWEEN 91W AND 112W...FROM FROM 08N TO 18.5N BETWEEN 99W AND 104W...FROM 12N TO 25N BETWEEN 105W AND 109W...FROM 09N TO 14N BETWEEN 114W AND 124W...AND WITHIN 120 NM TO 240 NM EITHER SIDE OF ITCZ BETWEEN 124W AND 140W. $$ .FORECASTER LEWITSKY. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.