Tropical Storms and Hurricanes Today

See active tropical storms and hurricanes in NOAA’s current summary, including maximum winds, pressure, position, movement, and links to official forecasts.

Satellite view of a hurricane over the ocean
Illustrative hurricane satellite image. Image source: Unsplash / NASA

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Tropical Storms and Hurricanes Today

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No active tropical cyclones appear in the current NOAA summary. Disturbances can still be under investigation; consult the National Hurricane Center for basin outlooks.

Forecasts and hazards can change quickly. Use official watches, warnings, evacuation orders, and local emergency guidance for decisions.

What this live page shows

This dashboard summarizes active tropical cyclones identified by the NOAA National Hurricane Center. For each system, it shows the current classification, maximum sustained wind, central pressure, location, movement, and official forecast link.

A system can strengthen, weaken, turn, or accelerate between advisories. The current snapshot is useful for orientation, but it does not replace an official forecast cone, watch, warning, evacuation order, or local emergency guidance.

How often it updates

ARGO.net checks the official NOAA summary every 15 minutes. The source itself normally changes on the National Hurricane Center’s advisory schedule, with more frequent updates possible when a storm threatens land.

What counts as an active tropical cyclone?

The list covers named tropical depressions, tropical storms, hurricanes, typhoons, and related systems represented in NOAA’s operational tropical-weather service. Tropical disturbances that have not become cyclones may appear in NOAA’s separate basin outlooks before they appear here.

Important limits

Maximum sustained wind is not the same as the strongest gust, and a storm’s category does not describe every hazard. Rainfall, storm surge, waves, tornadoes, and the size and forward speed of the wind field can be decisive. Always open the official forecast for the complete hazard picture.

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