2023 tropical cyclone season · North Indian Ocean

Cyclone Midhili Midhili · IO072023

Cyclone Midhili was tracked in the North Indian Ocean from 2023-11-13 to 2023-11-18 (5 days), peaking at 40 kt (TS) with a minimum pressure of 995 hPa. 20 archived forecasts from ECMWF, ECMWF ENS, GFS, GEFS are verified against its best track.

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ATCF ID
IO072023
Basin
North Indian Ocean
Tracked
2023-11-13 → 2023-11-18 (5 days)
Peak wind
40 kt · 21 m/s · TS
Minimum pressure
995 hPa
Archived forecasts
20
Sources
ECMWF · ECMWF ENS · GFS · GEFS
TDTSH1H2H3H4H5

Forecast track error (km)

Source24 h48 h72 h120 h
ECMWF68 (1)———
ECMWF ENS68 (1)———
GFS42 (1)———
GEFS128 (1)———

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
2023-11-13 06Z9.9°N 94.1°E151010TD
2023-11-13 12Z10.9°N 93.4°E201007TD
2023-11-13 18Z11.8°N 91.7°E201006TD
2023-11-14 00Z12.4°N 90.6°E201006TD
2023-11-14 06Z12.9°N 89.4°E201006TD
2023-11-14 12Z13.4°N 87.9°E201005TD
2023-11-14 18Z13.6°N 87.1°E201005TD
2023-11-15 00Z13.8°N 86.5°E201004TD
2023-11-15 06Z14.8°N 86.8°E201003TD
2023-11-15 12Z15.5°N 86.9°E201002TD
2023-11-15 18Z16.2°N 86.9°E25999TD
2023-11-16 00Z17.4°N 87.1°E30998TD
2023-11-16 06Z17.9°N 87.3°E251000TD
2023-11-16 12Z18.6°N 87.6°E30998TD
2023-11-16 18Z19.2°N 88.2°E30999TD
2023-11-17 00Z20.3°N 88.9°E35997TS
2023-11-17 06Z21.5°N 89.9°E40995TS
2023-11-17 12Z23.2°N 91.2°E30998TD
2023-11-17 18Z23.7°N 91.7°E301000TD