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Live tracking · Tropical Weather Outlook · Sep 27, 2026 at 23:05 UTC

Tropical Weather Outlook: 2 areas being monitored, up to 80% development odds

Issued Sep 27, 2026 at 23:05 UTC by the National Hurricane Center · new outlooks every 6 hours

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StormTracking analysis

The 2026 season has produced 22 storms so far — behind the 2015–2025 average of 28.5 by this date.

No changes in tracked areas since the previous issuance.

Development areas (2)

Atlantic 1. Central Subtropical Atlantic (AL91) 48h 50% 7-day 60%

1. Central Subtropical Atlantic (AL91): A trough of low pressure located several hundred miles east-northeast of Bermuda is moving quickly northeastward. This system is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms, and it could become a tropical depression in the next couple of days when it turns eastward and slows down over the central Atlantic. Environmental conditions are expected to become unfavorable for development late this week. Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...50 percent. Formation chance through 7 days...medium...60 percent.

Eastern Pacific 1. Well East-Southeast of the Hawaiian Islands 48h 50% 7-day 80%

1. Well East-Southeast of the Hawaiian Islands: A broad area of low pressure associated with persistent showers and thunderstorms is currently located well east-southeast of the Hawaiian Islands. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for further development, and a tropical depression is likely to form in the next several days. The system should move generally northeastward, and remain well east-southeast of the Hawaiian Islands. Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...50 percent. Formation chance through 7 days...high...80 percent.

Official NHC text — Atlantic

en Español 000 ABNT20 KNHC 272305 TWOAT Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 PM EDT Sun Sep 27 2026 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of America: Active Systems: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Depression Fay, located well to the west-southwest of the Azores. Central Subtropical Atlantic (AL91): A trough of low pressure located several hundred miles east-northeast of Bermuda is moving quickly northeastward. This system is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms, and it could become a tropical depression in the next couple of days when it turns eastward and slows down over the central Atlantic. Environmental conditions are expected to become unfavorable for development late this week. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...50 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...medium...60 percent. $$ Forecaster Cangialosi

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Official NHC text — Eastern Pacific

en Español 613 ABPZ20 KNHC 271726 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1100 AM PDT Sun Sep 27 2026 For the eastern and central North Pacific east of 180 longitude: Active Systems: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane Polo, located southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, on recently downgraded Tropical Storm Odalys, located well west of the southern tip of Baja California, on Hurricane Nolo, located a few hundred miles south-southwest of the Big Island of Hawaii, and on Tropical Depression Eighteen-E, located several hundred miles southwest of the Acapulco, Mexico. Well East-Southeast of the Hawaiian Islands: A broad area of low pressure associated with persistent showers and thunderstorms is currently located well east-southeast of the Hawaiian Islands. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for further development, and a tropical depression is likely to form in the next several days. The system should move generally northeastward, and remain well east-southeast of the Hawaiian Islands. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...50 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...high...80 percent. && Public Advisories on Tropical Depression Eighteen-E are issued under WMO header WTPZ33 KNHC and under AWIPS header MIATCPEP3. Forecast/Advisories on Tropical Depression Eighteen-E are issued under WMO header WTPZ23 KNHC and under AWIPS header MIATCMEP3. $$ Forecaster Katz/Papin

Source: NOAA/NWS National Hurricane Center (public domain). Analysis above is StormTracking's own.

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