# Hurricane Simon

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## NOAA NHC: Hurricane Simon

Category 4 hurricane · Advisory valid 2026-10-11 18:00 UTC

- Sustained wind: 120 kt · 140 mph · 220 km/h · 1-minute average
- Central pressure: 940 mb (hPa)
- Movement: NNW 345° at 7 mph · 11 km/h
- Location: About 85 mi (140 km) WNW of Manzanillo Mexico · 19.5°N, 105.5°W

NHC gives no gusts for this position.

## GDACS report

GDACS alert: Orange, potential need for international humanitarian assistance. It estimates humanitarian impact, not storm strength. GDACS event maximum wind (may include forecast): 250 km/h · 135 kt · 155 mph; averaging period not supplied.

- Alert level: Orange — Potential need for international humanitarian assistance
- Country: Mexico
- GDACS event maximum wind (may include forecast): Hurricane/Typhoon > 74 mph (maximum wind speed of 250 km/h)
- Updated by GDACS: 2026-10-11 14:58 UTC
- Nearest indexed city: Manzanillo, Mexico · 100 km
- People nearby: 5.4 million in 15 towns and cities within 300 km. Proximity, not people affected. Source: GeoNames indexed cities.

## NHC forecast track

![NHC forecast track and cone for Hurricane Simon, forecast advisory 17](<https://naturaldisastermap.com/api/earth/cyclone/ep202026.svg?advisory=1791730800000-1791740552641-017>)

On the map: Past track · Past position · Forecast track · Cone · Centre at the advisory's time: hurricane · Forecast position: tropical cyclone · Forecast position: post-tropical or potential cyclone.

Line width and brightness: Depression, low, post-tropical or potential cyclone · Tropical or subtropical storm · Hurricane · Major hurricane.

Forecast intensity: D = under 34 kt (39 mph); S = 34–63 kt (39–73 mph); 1 = Category 1: 64–82 kt (74–95 mph); 2 = Category 2: 83–95 kt (96–110 mph).

The cone contains the probable path of the storm's centre but does not show the size of the storm. Hazardous conditions can occur outside the cone.

Where forecast positions crowd, a later one is drawn as a small ring without its label, or not at all; the table lists every position.

Land: Natural Earth.

Hurricane Simon: positions and 1-minute sustained winds: the centre from NHC public advisory 17A, the forecast from forecast advisory 17:

| Time | Location | Sustained wind | Classification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Advisory valid 2026-10-11T18:00:00.000Z | 19.5°N, 105.5°W | 120 kt · 140 mph · 220 km/h | Category 4 hurricane |
| Forecast for 2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z | 19.9°N, 105.6°W | 105 kt · 120 mph · 195 km/h | Category 3 hurricane |
| Forecast for 2026-10-12T12:00:00.000Z | 20.5°N, 106.0°W | 85 kt · 100 mph · 155 km/h | Category 2 hurricane |
| Forecast for 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z | 21.1°N, 106.4°W | 70 kt · 80 mph · 130 km/h | Category 1 hurricane |
| Forecast for 2026-10-13T12:00:00.000Z | 21.8°N, 106.8°W | 60 kt · 70 mph · 110 km/h | Tropical storm |
| Forecast for 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z | 22.5°N, 106.9°W | 50 kt · 60 mph · 95 km/h | Tropical storm |
| Forecast for 2026-10-14T12:00:00.000Z | 23.0°N, 106.9°W | 50 kt · 60 mph · 95 km/h | Tropical storm |
| Forecast for 2026-10-15T12:00:00.000Z | 23.9°N, 106.4°W | 30 kt · 35 mph · 55 km/h | Post-tropical cyclone |

## Source clocks

- Updated by GDACS: 2026-10-11T14:58:54.000Z
- Retrieved by this site: 2026-10-11T18:15:19.238Z
- First date GDACS lists for the event: 2026-10-07T15:00:00.000Z
- Latest date GDACS lists for the event: 2026-10-11T15:00:00.000Z

## Citation and sources

Tropical Cyclone SIMON-26

GDACS event maximum wind (may include forecast): 250 km/h · Mexico

GDACS: Orange — Potential need for international humanitarian assistance

Updated by GDACS: 2026-10-11 14:58 UTC

Retrieved by this site: 2026-10-11 18:15 UTC

First date GDACS lists for the event: 2026-10-07 15:00 UTC

Latest date GDACS lists for the event: 2026-10-11 15:00 UTC



Sources:

EU/JRC GDACS: https://www.gdacs.org/report.aspx?eventid=1001335&amp;episodeid=17&amp;eventtype=TC

NASA EONET: https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/products/ep2026.tcw

NHC: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2026/ep20/ep202026.public\_a.017.shtml



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