The place to watch storms strengthen.
A tool site focused on one problem: rapid intensification — tropical cyclones gaining 30+ kt of wind in 24 hours. Live rapid-intensification dashboards, SHIPS-RII verification, and marine heatwave monitoring.
Active storms
VanceTropical StormRI earlier
- Position
- 15.4°N 105.7°W
- Max wind
- 55 kt
- Pressure
- 997 mb
- Motion
- WNW at 6 kt
- SHIPS-RII 30 kt / 24 h
- 0% · 12:00 UTC run
Data as of 2026-10-26 12:00 UTC
OlanaTropical Depression
- Position
- 13.9°N 176.8°W
- Max wind
- 30 kt
- Pressure
- 1005 mb
- Motion
- SE at 4 kt
- SHIPS-RII 30 kt / 24 h
- 0% · 12:00 UTC run
Data as of 2026-10-26 12:00 UTC
2026 season
- Atlantic10 named storms1 hurricane1 major2 RI storms (normal to date 4.1)
- Northeast Pacific24 named storms13 hurricanes11 majors11 RI storms (normal to date 6.6)
RI episodes, 1979–2025
601
Storms that rapidly intensified
538
Years of best-track data
1979–2025
Marine heatwaves now
52.7%
of tracked waters · max: Extreme
as of Oct 25, 2026 — updates may be delayed