2023 tropical cyclone season · Southern Hemisphere

Cyclone Hale Hale · SH072023

Cyclone Hale was tracked in the Southern Hemisphere from 2023-01-04 to 2023-01-11 (7 days), peaking at 50 kt (TS) with a minimum pressure of 985 hPa. 192 archived forecasts from ECMWF, ECMWF ENS, GFS, GEFS are verified against its best track; at 48 hours the closest was GEFS, 290 km off on average.

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ATCF ID
SH072023
Basin
Southern Hemisphere
Tracked
2023-01-04 → 2023-01-11 (7 days)
Peak wind
50 kt · 26 m/s · TS
Minimum pressure
985 hPa
Archived forecasts
192
Sources
ECMWF · ECMWF ENS · GFS · GEFS
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Forecast track error (km)

Source24 h48 h72 h120 h
GFS308 (6)418 (1)——
GEFS259 (7)290 (3)——

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
2023-01-04 18Z18.2°S 142.0°E201007TD
2023-01-05 00Z18.1°S 143.0°E201007TD
2023-01-05 06Z18.1°S 144.1°E201007TD
2023-01-05 12Z18.1°S 145.3°E201006TD
2023-01-05 18Z18.3°S 148.4°E251000TD
2023-01-06 00Z18.7°S 149.5°E251000TD
2023-01-06 06Z19.0°S 151.1°E30999TD
2023-01-06 12Z19.2°S 151.7°E35999TS
2023-01-06 18Z19.8°S 153.1°E40994TS
2023-01-07 00Z20.6°S 154.7°E40994TS
2023-01-07 06Z21.4°S 157.5°E50989TS
2023-01-07 12Z22.3°S 160.1°E45992TS
2023-01-07 18Z23.5°S 162.9°E40996TS
2023-01-08 00Z24.4°S 164.7°E35998TS
2023-01-08 06Z25.3°S 167.0°E35997TS
2023-01-08 12Z25.4°S 168.6°E25987TD
2023-01-08 18Z25.0°S 170.0°E25985TD
2023-01-09 00Z25.3°S 172.7°E20988TD
2023-01-09 06Z25.8°S 175.7°E20988TD