Will a hurricane or tropical storm affect California?

OFFSHORE WATERS WITHIN 250 NM OF MEXICO: Please see the Special Features section above for information on Tropical Storm Simon and Hurricane Trudy.

Aside from conditions associated with Simon and Trudy, strong N winds and seas of 6 to 8 ft are ongoing in the northern and central Gulf of California as high pressure builds southward. Moderate to locally fresh N winds and 5 to 7 ft seas are present offshore Baja California. Elsewhere, mainly gentle winds and moderate seas prevail.

For the forecast, Tropical Storm Simon is near 19.3N 108.2W at 2 PM PDT, and is moving northwest at 1 kt. Maximum sustained winds are 45 kt with gusts to 55 kt, and the minimum central pressure is 999 mb. Simon will move to 19.8N 108.7W Fri morning, 20.8N 110.0W Fri afternoon, then weaken to a tropical depression near 22.0N 111.9W Sat morning. Simon will become a remnant low near 23.1N 113.6W Sat afternoon, move west of Baja California Sur Sun morning, then dissipate Sun afternoon. Hurricane Trudy is near 13.7N 101.7W at 2 PM PDT, and is moving north-northwest at 5 kt. Maximum sustained winds are 80 kt with gusts to 100 kt, and the minimum central pressure is 978 mb. Trudy will move to 14.3N 101.9W Fri morning, and 15.2N 102.2W Fri afternoon. Hurricane Trudy will reach 16.3N 102.9W Sat morning, 17.5N 103.9W Sat afternoon, 18.8N 104.9W Sun morning, and 19.8N 105.8W Sun afternoon. Trudy will weaken to a tropical storm over west of Cabo Corrientes Mon afternoon. Gap winds in the Gulf of Tehuantepec may reach gale force this weekend has high pressure builds southward through Mexico in the wake of a cold front.

Source: Tropical Weather Discussion (Atlantic) · (Pacific)