Hurricanes & typhoons
Hurricanes and typhoons give days of notice, and the official forecast changes with every advisory. This page gathers the storms we have tracked on the board, newest advisory first. Wind speeds, categories and warnings come from the National Hurricane Center and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center as issued. For your own coast, follow your local weather office and emergency managers.
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official (Taiwan Central Weather Administration, Typhoon Warning Cancelled, report No. 24 for Typhoon No. 29, Oct 24; earlier reports No. 17 and No. 18-2, Oct 23 to 24)
Taiwan cancels its typhoon warning as a weakened Champi moves away
East China Sea · Champi, north northeast of Taipei (pin: CWA center position 27.8N 123.4E)
Taiwan's Central Weather Administration has cancelled its typhoon warning for Champi. In report No. 24, issued 8:30 PM Taiwan time on Oct 24, it said Champi had weakened to a severe tropical storm with a smaller storm circle, its center about 360 km north northeast of Taipei at 27.8N 123.4E, moving north northeast and turning northeast. The threat to the waters off northern Taiwan has ended.
official (Taiwan Central Weather Administration, Sea and Land Typhoon Warning No. 8 for CWA Typhoon No. 29 (Japan Meteorological Agency Typhoon No. 30), Oct 22; US Joint Typhoon Warning Center, Warning 32 for 29W, Oct 22)
Taiwan issues a sea and land typhoon warning as Typhoon Champi closes in
Taiwan · Typhoon Champi, east of Eluanbi (pin: CWA center position 21.2N 124.9E)
Taiwan's Central Weather Administration issued a sea and land typhoon warning for Typhoon Champi, telling every area of Taiwan to stay on high alert for strong winds and torrential rain. At 8 PM local time on Oct 22 the storm was about 430 km east of Eluanbi, with a central pressure of 940 hPa and sustained winds near the center of 45 m/s. The agency forecasts its center about 110 km east southeast of Yilan by 8 PM on Oct 23.
official data (NWS Guam Super Typhoon Champi Advisory 28, final; JTWC Warning 28; Taiwan Central Weather Administration, Oct 21; GDACS)
Super Typhoon Champi passes its peak at 175 mph as Taiwan prepares for warnings
Western Pacific · 19.0°N 128.4°E (NWS Guam Adv 28) · Philippine Sea
NWS Guam Advisory 28, its last on the storm, 8 PM ChST Wed Oct 21 (6 AM EDT Wed): Super Typhoon Champi has 175 mph winds near 19.0N 128.4E, about 1,150 miles west-northwest of Guam, moving west-northwest at 15 mph, and is forecast to weaken through Thursday. It peaked at 185 mph in Advisory 26. No watches or warnings are in effect. Taiwan's Central Weather Administration said on Oct 21 it may issue a sea typhoon warning late that night, Taiwan time, and possibly a land warning on Oct 22. JTWC Warning 28's forecast track carries Champi past the waters east of Taiwan on Friday.
official data (NOAA / NHC Post-Tropical Cyclone Trudy Advisory 27, final; satellite image and cone from Advisory 20)
Trudy becomes a remnant low off Mexico as NHC issues its final advisory
Eastern Pacific · 19.5°N 108.0°W (Adv 27) · ~160 mi WSW of Cabo Corrientes, Mexico
NHC Advisory 27 (8 PM MST Mon Oct 19 / 11 PM EDT): Trudy has become a post-tropical remnant low with 35 mph winds and 1005 mb pressure near 19.5N 108.0W, about 160 miles west-southwest of Cabo Corrientes, drifting north at 2 mph. No coastal watches or warnings are in effect and NHC lists no hazards affecting land. This was NHC's final advisory; the remnant low is expected to move slowly west-northwest until it dissipates.
official data (NOAA / NHC Remnants of Simon Advisory 38, final)
Remnants of Simon: NHC issues its final advisory as the storm dissipates south of Baja California Sur
Eastern Pacific · 21.5°N 110.3°W (Adv 38, final) · ~100 mi SSW of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
NHC Advisory 38 (2 PM MST / 5 PM EDT Fri Oct 16), the final NHC advisory: Simon has dissipated. The remnants, with 35 mph winds and 1006 mb pressure, were near 21.5N 110.3W, about 100 miles south-southwest of Cabo San Lucas, moving northwest at 13 mph. There are no coastal watches or warnings. Swells from the remnants could still cause life-threatening surf and rip currents along west-central Mexico and Baja California Sur during the next day or so.
official data (NOAA / NHC Public Advisories 12A to 14A; NOAA / WPC Post-Tropical Advisory 20, final)
Isaias is gone: the hurricane peaked at 120 mph, came ashore in the western Florida Panhandle, and dissipated over the Appalachians
Southern Gulf · 24.4°N 89.3°W (Adv 9) · ~215 mi N of Progreso, Mexico · ~325 mi S of the mouth of the Mississippi River
Closing update. NHC put Isaias at its peak of 120 mph and 959 mb at 100 PM CDT Fri Oct 9, about 145 mi south of Pensacola. At 700 PM CDT it was nearing landfall in the western Florida Panhandle at 110 mph, 967 mb; by 1000 PM CDT it was moving over the western Panhandle at 90 mph. It weakened over Alabama to 35 mph by 400 AM CDT Sat Oct 10. The Weather Prediction Center issued its last advisory (Adv 20) at 1100 AM EDT Sun Oct 11: Post-Tropical Cyclone Isaias near 37.5N 84.0W, 25 mph, 1010 mb, expected to dissipate over West Virginia that evening.
official data (NOAA / NHC Tropical Storm Rachel Public Advisory 46 and Discussion 46, 1500 UTC Thu Oct 8 2026)
Tropical Storm Rachel, now 70 mph, is forecast to turn toward northern Baja California and Southern California this weekend
Eastern North Pacific · 22.1°N 124.2°W (Adv 46) · ~915 mi W of the southern tip of Baja California
NHC Advisory 46 (8 AM PDT / 11 AM EDT Thu Oct 8): Tropical Storm Rachel has 70 mph winds and 985 mb pressure near 22.1N 124.2W, about 915 mi west of the southern tip of Baja California, moving west-northwest at 7 mph. No coastal watches or warnings yet, but NHC says a Tropical Storm Watch could be needed for parts of extreme northern Baja California, the northern Gulf of California and Southern California by tonight. A sharp turn northeast is forecast Saturday, bringing Rachel near northern Baja California late Saturday, still at tropical storm strength, with heavy rain, flash flooding risk and dangerous surf.
official data (NOAA / NHC Hurricane Rachel Advisory 32 and Discussion 32, 0300 UTC Mon Oct 5 2026)
Rachel weakens to 100 mph far off Baja California as dry air reaches its core
Eastern North Pacific · 20.2°N 114.8°W (Adv 32) · ~365 mi WSW of the southern tip of Baja California
NHC Advisory 32 (8 PM MST / 11 PM ET Sun Oct 4): Hurricane Rachel has 100 mph winds and 967 mb pressure, near 20.2N 114.8W, about 365 mi WSW of the southern tip of Baja California, moving WNW at 7 mph. No coastal watches or warnings. NHC says the eye has filled in and dry air appears to have reached the core; slow weakening is expected from Monday. Swells will keep causing life-threatening surf and rip currents on the Baja California coast for the next couple of days.
official data (NOAA / NHC for CPHC: Hurricane Nolo Advisory 57 and Discussion 57, 2100 UTC Sun Oct 4 2026, the last NHC advisory · JMA / RSMC Tokyo: Typhoon Nolo (T2628) analysis, 0000 UTC Mon Oct 5 2026)
Nolo crosses the Date Line as a Category 3 and Japan’s weather agency takes over the advisories
official data (JMA / RSMC Tokyo: Typhoon Nolo (T2628) analysis 0900 UTC Mon Oct 5 2026 and forecast, issued 1005 UTC · NOAA / NHC for CPHC: Hurricane Nolo Advisory 57, the last NHC advisory)
Typhoon Nolo deepens to 950 hPa west of the Date Line, with Japan’s forecast weakening it by midweek
official data (NOAA / NHC Hurricane Rachel Advisory 30 and Discussion 30, 1500 UTC Sun Oct 4 2026)
Rachel holds at 105 mph far off Baja California; forecasters expect it to weaken from Monday
official data (NOAA / CPHC Hurricane Nolo Advisory 56, 1500 UTC Sun Oct 4 2026)
Nolo strengthens again to 115 mph, Category 3, as it nears the International Date Line
official data (NOAA / CPHC Hurricane Nolo Intermediate Advisory 52A, 1800 UTC Sat Oct 3 2026 · Discussion 52, 1500 UTC)
Nolo becomes a major hurricane: 115 mph, Category 3, as it crosses Papahānaumokuākea
official data (NOAA / NHC Hurricane Rachel Public Advisory 18 + Discussion 18, 1500 UTC Thu Oct 1 2026)
Rachel: 105 mph and strengthening — NHC forecasts a major hurricane by Friday, heading out to sea
official data (NOAA / NHC Hurricane Rachel Public Advisory 17 + Discussion 17, 0900 UTC Thu Oct 1 2026)
Hurricane Rachel: 100 mph and strengthening — NHC expects a major hurricane within a couple of days
official data (NOAA / NHC Hurricane Rachel Public Advisory 14 + Discussion 14, 1500 UTC Wed Sep 30 2026)
Hurricane Rachel: 85 mph and rapid strengthening expected — could be a major hurricane within a day
official data (NOAA / NHC Remnants of Polo Public Advisory 38 + Discussion 38 + Forecast/Advisory 38, 0300 UTC Wed Sep 30 / 800 PM MST Tue Sep 29 2026 — last advisory) · supersedes boarded Adv 27 card
Polo dissipates over northwestern Mexico — NHC issues its last advisory
official data (NOAA / NHC Public Advisory 27 + Discussion 27 + Forecast/Advisory 27, 0900 UTC / 200 AM MST Sun Sep 27 2026) · supersedes boarded Adv 25 card
Polo holds at Cat 3 — Hurricane Warnings now on both Baja California Sur coasts
official data (NOAA / NHC Public Advisory 25 + Discussion 25 + Forecast/Advisory 25, 2100 UTC / 200 PM MST Sat Sep 26 2026) · supersedes boarded Adv 23/23A card
Polo turns northwest at Cat 4 — NHC forecasts a Baja California Sur approach Monday
official data (NOAA / NHC Public Advisory 23 + Discussion 23, 0900 UTC / 200 AM MST Sat Sep 26 2026 · Intermediate Adv 23A, 1200 UTC / 500 AM MST) · delta vs overnight Adv 22 Watch card · supersedes unpublished overnight Adv 22 and prior unpublished Adv 20 / 19 / 18
Polo Cat 5 — NHC: expected to make landfall in Baja California Sur Monday
official data (NOAA / NHC Public Advisory 14 + Discussion 14, 0300 UTC 24 Sep 2026) · delta vs boarded Intermediate Adv 12A Cat-4 card
Hurricane Polo is Category 5 again — 160 mph, still offshore SW Mexico
official data (NOAA/NHC Intermediate Public Advisory 12A + Forecast/Advisory 12 + Public Advisory 9 peak) · press triangulation (BBC)
Hurricane Polo: Cat-5 peak at 180 mph Tuesday — still Cat 4 off SW Mexico Wednesday
official data (JTWC Warning NR 014 + NASA EONET pointer)
JTWC upgrades Dujuan to a typhoon — 65-knot winds still south of Japan
official data
Norbert climbs to 50 mph — open East Pacific, hurricane possible this weekend
official data
Lowell declared post-tropical — final advisory at 50 mph, 815 mi NW of Lihue
official data
NASA’s deep-space camera caught three Pacific storms at once
official data
Lowell still Cat 4 at 150 mph — Hawaii watches likely later today
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Edouard final advisory — last WPC bulletin; East Texas flood watches hold
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Lowell still Cat 4 at 130 mph — track turns toward Hawaii late Monday
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Edouard now remnants — heavy rain into flooded East Texas through Thursday
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Hurricane hunters put Lowell at Cat 4 / 155 mph — Hawaii monitoring continues
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Karina holds Cat 4 at 145 mph — open East Pacific
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TS Edouard center over Beaumont — 45 mph, flood bands linger
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