2026 tropical cyclone season · western North Pacific

Typhoon Chan-Hom Chan-Hom · WP142026

Typhoon Chan-Hom was tracked in the western North Pacific from 2026-08-07 to 2026-08-12 (5 days), peaking at 51 kt (TS) with a minimum pressure of 976 hPa. 51 archived forecasts from ECMWF, ECMWF ENS are verified against its best track; at 48 hours the closest was ECMWF, 47 km off on average.

Open the interactive storm map →

ATCF ID
WP142026
Basin
western North Pacific
Tracked
2026-08-07 → 2026-08-12 (5 days)
Peak wind
51 kt · 26 m/s · TS
Minimum pressure
976 hPa
Archived forecasts
51
Sources
ECMWF · ECMWF ENS
TDTSH1H2H3H4H5

Forecast track error (km)

Source24 h48 h72 h120 h
ECMWF43 (16)47 (12)74 (7)335 (1)
ECMWF ENS32 (15)73 (13)124 (8)485 (1)

Mean great-circle distance to the best track at each lead time, counted while the system was a tropical or subtropical cyclone; the number of cases is in brackets.

Best track

Six-hourly positions of the US best track (JTWC / NHC, one-minute winds); grades on the Saffir–Simpson scale.

Time (UTC)PositionWind (kt)Pressure (hPa)Grade
2026-08-07 00Z29.2°N 160.8°E45987TS
2026-08-07 06Z29.7°N 160.4°E39987TS
2026-08-07 12Z31.0°N 159.8°E29987TD
2026-08-07 18Z32.0°N 158.1°E29990TD
2026-08-08 00Z32.4°N 156.5°E35990TS
2026-08-08 06Z33.0°N 154.9°E35993TS
2026-08-08 12Z33.1°N 153.2°E39991TS
2026-08-08 18Z32.7°N 151.7°E39988TS
2026-08-09 00Z32.4°N 151.0°E45987TS
2026-08-09 06Z32.3°N 150.7°E39987TS
2026-08-09 12Z32.3°N 150.7°E35990TS
2026-08-09 18Z33.2°N 150.2°E35989TS
2026-08-10 00Z33.7°N 149.7°E39986TS
2026-08-10 06Z34.8°N 148.8°E39985TS
2026-08-10 12Z35.5°N 147.9°E45981TS
2026-08-10 18Z36.8°N 145.9°E45980TS
2026-08-11 00Z36.8°N 143.7°E51976TS
2026-08-11 06Z36.5°N 142.0°E39982TS
2026-08-11 12Z36.0°N 140.0°E35994TS
2026-08-11 18Z35.8°N 137.4°E29994TD
2026-08-12 00Z35.5°N 135.8°E25998TD