2024 tropical cyclone season · North Indian Ocean
Cyclone Dana Dana · IO032024
Cyclone Dana was tracked in the North Indian Ocean from 2024-10-21 to 2024-10-26 (5 days), peaking at 65 kt (H1) with a minimum pressure of 985 hPa. 61 archived forecasts from ECMWF, ECMWF ENS, GFS, GEFS are verified against its best track; at 48 hours the closest was GFS, 65 km off on average.
- ATCF ID
- IO032024
- Basin
- North Indian Ocean
- Tracked
- 2024-10-21 → 2024-10-26 (5 days)
- Peak wind
- 65 kt · 33 m/s · H1
- Minimum pressure
- 985 hPa
- Archived forecasts
- 61
- Sources
- ECMWF · ECMWF ENS · GFS · GEFS
Forecast track error (km)
| Source | 24 h | 48 h | 72 h | 120 h |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ECMWF | 73 (7) | 193 (3) | — | — |
| ECMWF ENS | 57 (11) | 109 (7) | 20 (3) | — |
| GFS | 51 (7) | 65 (3) | — | — |
| GEFS | 61 (7) | 129 (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) | Position | Wind (kt) | Pressure (hPa) | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-21 06Z | 15.3°N 92.1°E | 20 | 1004 | TD |
| 2024-10-21 12Z | 15.2°N 92.1°E | 20 | 1002 | TD |
| 2024-10-21 18Z | 15.2°N 92.0°E | 20 | 999 | TD |
| 2024-10-22 00Z | 15.1°N 92.0°E | 20 | 998 | TD |
| 2024-10-22 06Z | 15.1°N 91.9°E | 25 | 997 | TD |
| 2024-10-22 12Z | 15.2°N 91.9°E | 25 | 996 | TD |
| 2024-10-22 18Z | 15.4°N 90.9°E | 30 | 995 | TD |
| 2024-10-23 00Z | 15.9°N 90.0°E | 35 | 994 | TS |
| 2024-10-23 06Z | 16.6°N 89.3°E | 40 | 993 | TS |
| 2024-10-23 12Z | 17.3°N 89.0°E | 50 | 991 | TS |
| 2024-10-23 18Z | 18.0°N 88.8°E | 55 | 990 | TS |
| 2024-10-24 00Z | 18.7°N 88.2°E | 60 | 988 | TS |
| 2024-10-24 06Z | 19.4°N 87.7°E | 65 | 986 | H1 |
| 2024-10-24 12Z | 19.8°N 87.5°E | 65 | 985 | H1 |
| 2024-10-24 18Z | 20.5°N 87.1°E | 60 | 988 | TS |
| 2024-10-25 00Z | 20.8°N 86.9°E | 55 | 991 | TS |
| 2024-10-25 06Z | 21.1°N 86.8°E | 50 | 993 | TS |
| 2024-10-25 12Z | 21.2°N 86.6°E | 40 | 996 | TS |
| 2024-10-25 18Z | 21.2°N 86.5°E | 30 | 997 | TD |
| 2024-10-26 00Z | 21.2°N 86.4°E | 20 | 1000 | TD |