2026 tropical cyclone season · western North Pacific

Typhoon Higos Higos · WP082026

Typhoon Higos was tracked in the western North Pacific from 2026-06-22 to 2026-06-27 (5 days), peaking at 54 kt (TS) with a minimum pressure of 989 hPa. 40 archived forecasts from ECMWF, ECMWF ENS are verified against its best track; at 48 hours the closest was ECMWF, 231 km off on average.

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ATCF ID
WP082026
Basin
western North Pacific
Tracked
2026-06-22 → 2026-06-27 (5 days)
Peak wind
54 kt · 28 m/s · TS
Minimum pressure
989 hPa
Archived forecasts
40
Sources
ECMWF · ECMWF ENS
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Forecast track error (km)

Source24 h48 h72 h120 h
ECMWF100 (13)231 (9)167 (4)—
ECMWF ENS125 (15)270 (9)281 (4)—

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
2026-06-22 12Z14.2°N 147.8°E251006TD
2026-06-22 18Z14.5°N 146.5°E291005TD
2026-06-23 00Z14.7°N 145.6°E351005TS
2026-06-23 06Z14.8°N 144.9°E351003TS
2026-06-23 12Z14.8°N 143.9°E291003TD
2026-06-23 18Z14.9°N 142.8°E291002TD
2026-06-24 00Z15.2°N 141.8°E291002TD
2026-06-24 06Z15.7°N 140.8°E291002TD
2026-06-24 12Z16.3°N 139.7°E291002TD
2026-06-24 18Z17.0°N 138.5°E351003TS
2026-06-25 00Z17.8°N 137.6°E391002TS
2026-06-25 06Z19.7°N 135.5°E451000TS
2026-06-25 12Z21.2°N 135.0°E45997TS
2026-06-25 18Z22.4°N 134.1°E51995TS
2026-06-26 00Z25.0°N 133.6°E54989TS
2026-06-26 06Z28.4°N 134.6°E45995TS
2026-06-26 12Z31.8°N 136.1°E351000TS
2026-06-26 18Z34.0°N 137.5°E45989TS
2026-06-27 00Z36.4°N 142.9°E45989TS