OCEAN · HURRICANE TRACKS
Hurricane & Cyclone Tracks
Where the tropical cyclones are over open water, and where the official forecast says they're headed. This is the sea-side view — for how a storm threatens land, the Earth map's hurricane layer carries the warnings, watches and rainfall.
Live from NOAA NHC. Open the map below for each storm's forecast cone and track.
Reading a forecast track
The line is the forecast path of the storm's centre; the shaded cone of uncertaintyaround it is where the centre could reasonably go — it is not the size of the storm, and dangerous winds, surge and rain reach well outside it. A cyclone is ranked by its sustained wind on the Saffir–Simpson scale (Category 1–5), and tropical storms and depressions sit below that. Tracks update every few hours; always defer to your national weather service for warnings where you are.
Understand the storm
SEE IT ON THE MAP
Storm cones and tracks are live layers on the full map.