NowWire · AI-assisted reporting summary · September 22, 2026 UTC
Active Atlantic and Pacific Storms
According to The Weather Company, several active weather systems are currently being tracked across the Atlantic and Pacific basins, including Hurricane Polo and Tropical Storm Odalys in the Pacific, alongside Tropical Storm Fay in the Atlantic. Polo is noted as a serious concern, forecast to rapidly intensify into a Category 5 hurricane while tracking close to the southwestern Mexico Pacific coast and the southern Baja Peninsula between Wednesday and Thursday. [1]
Additional Systems and Regional Impacts
In the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Fay poses no threat to land as the season's sixth tropical storm, while a tropical wave near western Africa could impact the Cabo Verde Islands. In the Central Pacific, the remnants of former Tropical Depression Fifteen-E threaten to bring heavy, localized flooding rain to flood-fatigued parts of Hawaii's Big Island. [1]
Sources
- Hurricane season maps tracker: forecasts and more — 2026-09-22T09:30:00.000Z