Hurricane tracker: maps and official storm updates

Find a storm, check its time, then open the advisory

Start with the NHC-reported systems list above. Search by storm name or identifier, and open a storm to compare its maximum sustained wind, center position and movement. Trudy, Simon, Isaias and Rachel have dedicated pages on this site. Other systems link to the official advisory, and Nolo remains available for historical queries. A storm identifier helps distinguish a named system from an older storm that used the same name in another year.

Read the advisory issue time before interpreting any number or sharing a graphic. The feed check time tells you when this website requested data, while the advisory time tells you when the agency published the forecast. The page checks every five minutes while it is open, and you can refresh manually. Those checks cannot make the official agency publish a new forecast sooner.

The Eastern Pacific outlook page covers developing disturbances before a system is named. Trudy preserves its October 20 final bulletin after becoming a remnant low; Simon preserves its October 16 final bulletin. Champi has a separate JMA tracker. The Eastern Pacific outlook covers EP94 in its October 21 UTC issue; check the live source time for later changes. Koguma preserves dated JMA records; its panel shows whether that identified system remains listed, with publication and analysis times kept separate. Rachel and Isaias retain their final bulletin histories.

November 6 review: Vance EP222026 received final advisory 35 on October 30 at 03:00 UTC. Check official sources for current conditions. Trudy remains a final-bulletin archive. The Eastern Pacific outlook separates named storms from new development areas. Champi has its independent JMA source.

Read a hurricane path without treating it as a boundary

The forecast graphic provides context for the storm center and its expected track. A center point, forecast line and uncertainty cone answer different questions. The point describes a location at a stated time; the forecast line gives projected center positions; the cone helps explain uncertainty around that track. Compare the times on a graphic with the times in the advisory. If the official feed no longer supplies a matching cone, this tracker hides the older image and links to official products; that does not mean other hazards have ended.

The cone is not a complete map of hazardous weather. Wind, rain and coastal flooding can affect places outside it, and conditions vary across a coastline or state. Follow the official advisory link beside the map for the accompanying text, and use national or local warning products for your location. The cone guide explains what the graphic can and cannot tell you.

Understand wind speed, movement and hurricane categories

Maximum wind and movement speed describe different things. The wind value describes the intensity reported for the cyclone; movement describes how quickly its center is traveling and in which direction. Switching between mph, km/h and knots changes the displayed units, not the underlying advisory. Rounded values can look slightly different from the figures printed on an official graphic, so check the original advisory when comparing thresholds.

The Saffir–Simpson categories classify hurricanes by maximum sustained wind: Category 1 is 74–95 mph, Category 2 is 96–110 mph, Category 3 is 111–129 mph, Category 4 is 130–156 mph, and Category 5 starts at 157 mph. Categories 3–5 are major hurricanes. This wind scale does not measure rain or flood risk. The category guide links to the NHC scale and explains its limits.

Hurricane watch or warning: which message applies?

A hurricane watch means hurricane conditions are possible in the specified area; a warning means those conditions are expected. NHC generally issues these before the anticipated arrival of tropical-storm-force winds, using 48 hours for a watch and 36 hours for a warning. The timing reference is the onset of those winds, rather than a predicted center crossing or landfall time.

Read the places named in the current warning text. A storm can have advisories without your location being under a hurricane warning, and another hazard may have its own warning product. This tracker does not determine whether your address is inside a warned area. For location-specific instructions, use the responsible national meteorological agency and local authorities; the watch-versus-warning guide provides the terminology needed to read their messages.

When is hurricane season in the Atlantic and Pacific?

The Atlantic hurricane season runs June 1 through November 30. The Eastern Pacific season runs May 15 through November 30, and the Central Pacific season runs June 1 through November 30. These are basin-specific planning dates, not a forecast that a storm will be present on any particular day. Tropical cyclones can occur outside the official season.

For a Pacific hurricane season question, first identify which part of the Pacific you mean. Our Eastern Pacific season guide compares dates and explains the difference between a formation outlook and a track forecast. The official bulletin stream also separates Atlantic, Eastern Pacific and Central Pacific products. Checking the basin avoids combining a forecast for Mexico’s Pacific coast with an outlook for a different area.

Find a tropical storm update for your region

To check a Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean or Atlantic system, use the Atlantic products in the official bulletin stream and read the advisory for the named storm. For Mexico’s Pacific coast, compare Eastern Pacific information with SMN / CONAGUA notices. For Hawaii and other U.S. Pacific locations, consult the relevant NHC / CPHC products and local National Weather Service information. A storm name alone does not identify every area that may need attention.

The country directory also links to JMA for Japan, PAGASA for the Philippines, IMD for India and BOM for Australia. Typhoon, hurricane and tropical cyclone terminology differs by region. These country pages help you find the responsible source; this website does not currently combine their numerical forecasts into a global live feed. Use the local agency’s latest product when the NHC feed does not cover the system you need.

Look beyond the category for rain and coastal water hazards

A hurricane category is useful for reading wind intensity, but it cannot summarize all potential impacts. Separate products describe rainfall, inland flooding, storm surge and marine conditions. A weakening cyclone may still need attention in those products. When comparing two advisories, check which hazard each one describes and the time period it covers.

Storm surge and storm tide are related water-level terms with different meanings. Our guide explains the distinction and links to the official definitions. If your question concerns a particular coast, open the local forecast or warning rather than using a center track as a water-level prediction. Keeping the source link with a shared map helps the next reader find the accompanying hazard information.

Follow a storm and share information with its context

Use Follow on this device, or the Follow button beside a system, to save any NHC-listed system in this browser. Systems without a site detail page link to their official advisory or archive. The list is convenient when you return to check the next advisory, but it does not send push notifications or emergency alerts. Changing browsers or devices will not transfer the list. The share button opens your device’s sharing menu when available, or copies the page link.

A page link is more useful than a cropped screenshot with its time removed: the recipient can open the current advisory, read the source and see whether the storm has left the active feed. Historical pages remain useful for reviewing the event. Polo’s 2026 page is an archive, and a storm detail page clears its live figures if that system is absent from the current feed. If a data request fails, open the official source directly.