30 August 2026 - bulletin 599

Issued at 0945 GMT
Latest warnings for 11E, 12E, 20W and 21W
Disturbance update

NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN
Tropical storm Bang-lang / 20W
Warning 17 from JTWC at 0900 GMT
Position 33.3N 167.3E
Location 841 miles N of Wake Island
Movement 350° (N) at 26 knots
Maximum sustained winds 45 knots gusting to 55 knots
Winds of 34 knots or higher occur within 0 to 50 miles of the centre
Threatened landmasses NONE
Minimum central pressure 986 mbar 
Maximum significant wave height 18 feet
Next warning from JTWC at 1500 GMT

Tropical depression Etau / 21W
Warning 14 from JTWC at 0900 GMT
Position 30.8N 165.3E
Location 694 miles N of Wake Island
Movement 100° (E) at 5 knots
Maximum sustained winds 35 knots gusting to 45 knots
Winds of 34 knots or higher occur within 120 miles to the northeast of the centre
Threatened landmasses NONE
Minimum central pressure 991 mbar 
Maximum significant wave height 12 feet
Next warning from JTWC at 1500 GMT

EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN
HURRICANE Karina / 11E
Warning 11 from NHC at 0900 GMT
Position 17.3N 121.1W
Location 820 miles wSW of the southern tip of Baja California
Movement 295° (WNW) at 13 knots
Maximum sustained winds 70 knots gusting to 85 knots
Winds of 34 knots or higher occur within 230 miles of the centre
Winds of 64 knots or higher occur within 230 miles of the centre
Minimum central pressure 980 mbar
Threatened landmasses NONE
Next warning from NHC at 1500 GMT

Mexican warnings

Tropical storm Lowell / 12E
Warning 11 from NHC at 0900 GMT
Position 13.2N 139.1W
Location 1150 miles ESE of Hilo, Hawaii
Movement 270° (W) at 9 knots
Maximum sustained winds 45 knots gusting to 55 knots
Winds of 34 knots or higher occur within 80 miles of the centre
Minimum central pressure 1000 mbar
Threatened landmasses NONE
Next warning from CPHC at 1500 GMT

TROPICAL DISTURBANCE UPDATE

NORTHERN ATLANTIC OCEAN
Update from NHC at 1800 GMT
System 04L
Position 17.5N 61.8W
Minimum central pressure 1010 mbar
Likelihood of tropical cyclone formation within 48 hours is NIL
Likelihood of tropical cyclone formation within 7 days is LOW (10%)

System 97L
Position 28.0N 88.7W
Minimum central pressure 1014 mbar
Likelihood of tropical cyclone formation within 48 hours is LOW (10%)
Likelihood of tropical cyclone formation within 7 days is LOW (20%)

EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN
Update from NHC at 0600 GMT
System No Invest Assigned
Position 10N 103W
Likelihood of tropical cyclone formation within 48 hours is MEDIUM (60%)
Likelihood of tropical cyclone formation within 7 days is HIGH (90%)

CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN

Update from CPHC at 0600 GMT
System No Invest Assigned 
Position 12N 168W
Likelihood of tropical cyclone formation within 48 hours is NIL
Likelihood of tropical cyclone formation within 7 days is LOW (30%)

NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN
Update from JTWC at 0600 GMT

System 94W
Position 20.6N 133.3E
Location 785 miles NW of Guam
Minimum central pressure 1002 mbar
Likelihood of tropical cyclone formation within 24 hours is now HIGH

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