2026 tropical cyclone season · western North Pacific

Typhoon Etau Etau · WP212026

Typhoon Etau was tracked in the western North Pacific from 2026-08-27 to 2026-08-31 (4 days), peaking at 45 kt (TS) with a minimum pressure of 990 hPa. 29 archived forecasts from ECMWF, ECMWF ENS are verified against its best track; at 48 hours the closest was ECMWF ENS, 163 km off on average.

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ATCF ID
WP212026
Basin
western North Pacific
Tracked
2026-08-27 → 2026-08-31 (4 days)
Peak wind
45 kt · 23 m/s · TS
Minimum pressure
990 hPa
Archived forecasts
29
Sources
ECMWF · ECMWF ENS
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Forecast track error (km)

Source24 h48 h72 h120 h
ECMWF110 (9)222 (9)307 (5)—
ECMWF ENS81 (11)163 (8)228 (5)—

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
2026-08-27 00Z20.4°N 167.7°E291000TD
2026-08-27 06Z21.2°N 168.0°E39998TS
2026-08-27 12Z22.0°N 168.0°E39998TS
2026-08-27 18Z23.1°N 167.8°E45995TS
2026-08-28 00Z24.1°N 167.4°E45994TS
2026-08-28 06Z24.6°N 166.8°E45992TS
2026-08-28 12Z25.2°N 166.5°E45990TS
2026-08-28 18Z26.2°N 166.0°E45990TS
2026-08-29 00Z26.4°N 165.8°E35990TS
2026-08-29 06Z28.2°N 165.7°E39991TS
2026-08-29 12Z30.0°N 165.4°E39990TS
2026-08-29 18Z30.7°N 164.9°E35992TS
2026-08-30 00Z30.9°N 164.7°E25994TD
2026-08-30 06Z30.8°N 165.3°E29991TD
2026-08-30 12Z31.1°N 166.0°E29991TD
2026-08-30 18Z31.7°N 166.8°E29991TD
2026-08-31 00Z32.6°N 167.8°E29991TD