2023 tropical cyclone season · western North Pacific
Typhoon Damrey Damrey · WP082023
Typhoon Damrey was tracked in the western North Pacific from 2023-08-21 to 2023-08-30 (9 days), peaking at 60 kt (TS) with a minimum pressure of 979 hPa. 100 archived forecasts from ECMWF, ECMWF ENS, GFS, GEFS are verified against its best track; at 48 hours the closest was ECMWF, 127 km off on average.
- ATCF ID
- WP082023
- Basin
- western North Pacific
- Tracked
- 2023-08-21 → 2023-08-30 (9 days)
- Peak wind
- 60 kt · 31 m/s · TS
- Minimum pressure
- 979 hPa
- Archived forecasts
- 100
- Sources
- ECMWF · ECMWF ENS · GFS · GEFS
Forecast track error (km)
| Source | 24 h | 48 h | 72 h | 120 h |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ECMWF | 59 (12) | 127 (9) | 213 (6) | — |
| ECMWF ENS | 47 (12) | 168 (10) | 160 (5) | — |
| GFS | 58 (12) | 192 (10) | 196 (4) | — |
| GEFS | 57 (12) | 177 (10) | 260 (6) | — |
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) | Position | Wind (kt) | Pressure (hPa) | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-21 12Z | 18.9°N 154.3°E | 20 | 1007 | TD |
| 2023-08-21 18Z | 19.0°N 153.8°E | 20 | 1007 | TD |
| 2023-08-22 00Z | 19.1°N 153.3°E | 25 | 1000 | TD |
| 2023-08-22 06Z | 18.8°N 152.4°E | 25 | 1000 | TD |
| 2023-08-22 12Z | 18.0°N 151.9°E | 25 | 999 | TD |
| 2023-08-22 18Z | 17.6°N 151.6°E | 25 | 999 | TD |
| 2023-08-23 00Z | 17.1°N 151.3°E | 25 | 999 | TD |
| 2023-08-23 06Z | 17.1°N 150.8°E | 25 | 997 | TD |
| 2023-08-23 12Z | 16.7°N 150.0°E | 25 | 997 | TD |
| 2023-08-23 18Z | 16.5°N 149.8°E | 25 | 996 | TD |
| 2023-08-24 00Z | 16.3°N 149.6°E | 20 | 998 | TD |
| 2023-08-24 06Z | 16.4°N 149.2°E | 30 | 994 | TD |
| 2023-08-24 12Z | 16.1°N 149.0°E | 25 | 996 | TD |
| 2023-08-24 18Z | 16.9°N 152.1°E | 25 | 997 | TD |
| 2023-08-25 00Z | 18.9°N 154.7°E | 40 | 994 | TS |
| 2023-08-25 06Z | 20.2°N 155.5°E | 40 | 993 | TS |
| 2023-08-25 12Z | 21.5°N 155.3°E | 40 | 992 | TS |
| 2023-08-25 18Z | 23.0°N 154.8°E | 45 | 991 | TS |
| 2023-08-26 00Z | 24.5°N 154.2°E | 50 | 987 | TS |
| 2023-08-26 06Z | 26.1°N 152.7°E | 50 | 986 | TS |
| 2023-08-26 12Z | 27.5°N 150.9°E | 50 | 988 | TS |
| 2023-08-26 18Z | 29.7°N 149.4°E | 55 | 986 | TS |
| 2023-08-27 00Z | 31.7°N 147.5°E | 55 | 985 | TS |
| 2023-08-27 06Z | 33.9°N 145.7°E | 55 | 985 | TS |
| 2023-08-27 12Z | 35.6°N 144.4°E | 55 | 985 | TS |
| 2023-08-27 18Z | 37.2°N 144.1°E | 55 | 984 | TS |
| 2023-08-28 00Z | 38.9°N 144.6°E | 60 | 979 | TS |
| 2023-08-28 06Z | 39.9°N 145.4°E | 55 | 982 | TS |
| 2023-08-28 12Z | 40.5°N 147.4°E | 50 | 985 | TS |
| 2023-08-28 18Z | 41.1°N 149.5°E | 50 | 986 | TS |
| 2023-08-29 00Z | 41.3°N 152.9°E | 45 | 989 | TS |
| 2023-08-29 06Z | 41.0°N 156.6°E | 35 | 992 | TS |