18 October 2026 - bulletin 749

Issued at 2230 GMT
Latest warnings for 01P, 21E and 29W
Disturbance update
EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN
HURRICANE Trudy / 21E
Warning 22 from NHC at 2100 GMT
Position 19.5N 107.0W
Location 105 miles SW of Cabo Corrientes
Movement 325° (NW) at 5 knots
Maximum sustained winds 85 knots gusting to 105 knots
Winds of 34 knots or higher occur within 90 miles of the centre
Winds of 64 knots or higher occur within 30 miles of the centre
Minimum central pressure 974 mbar
Threatened landmasses Mexico
Next warning from NHC at 0300 GMT

Mexican warnings

NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN
TYPHOON Champi / 29W
Warning 18 from JTWC at 2100 GMT 
Position 13.8N 140.2E
Location 258 miles W of Guam
Movement 285° (WNW) at 12 knots
Maximum sustained winds 120 knots gusting to 145 knots
Winds of 34 knots or higher occur within 125 to 150 miles of the centre
Winds of 64 knots or higher occur within 40 to 50 miles of the centre
Minimum central pressure 942 mbar
Threatened landmasses Taiwan
Maximum significant wave height 46 feet
Next warning from JTWC at 0300 GMT

Regional warnings 

SOUTHERN PACIFIC OCEAN

Tropical cyclone Wati / 01P
Warning 06 from JTWC at 2100 GMT 
Position 18.6S 160.2W
Location 158 miles N of Rarotonga
Movement 135° (SE) at 17 knots
Maximum sustained winds 55 knots gusting to 70 knots
Winds of 34 knots or higher occur within 65 to 100 miles of the centre
Minimum central pressure 992 mbar
Threatened landmasses Southern Cook Islands
Maximum significant wave height 24 feet
Next warning from JTWC at 0900 GMT

Regional warnings on the Cook Islands Meteorological Service Facebook page. 

TROPICAL DISTURBANCE UPDATE
NORTHERN ATLANTIC OCEAN
Update from NHC at 0600 GMT 
System No Invest Assigned 
Position 33N 70W
Likelihood of tropical cyclone formation within 48 hours is NIL
Likelihood of tropical cyclone formation within 7 days is LOW (30%)

EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN
Update from NHC at 0600 GMT 
System No Invest Assigned 
Position 9N 103W
Likelihood of tropical cyclone formation within 48 hours is NIL
Likelihood of tropical cyclone formation within 7 days is HIGH (80%)

NORTHERN INDIAN OCEAN
Update from JTWC at 1800 GMT 
System 96A 
Position 4.0N 57.0E 
Location 755 miles NE of Mogadishu, Somalia
Minimum central pressure 1009 mbar
Likelihood of tropical cyclone formation within 24 hours is LOW

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