2025 tropical cyclone season · Southern Hemisphere
Cyclone Honde Honde · SH232025
Cyclone Honde was tracked in the Southern Hemisphere from 2025-02-21 to 2025-03-07 (15 days), peaking at 70 kt (H1) with a minimum pressure of 967 hPa. 145 archived forecasts from ECMWF, ECMWF ENS, GFS, GEFS are verified against its best track; at 48 hours the closest was ECMWF ENS, 109 km off on average.
- ATCF ID
- SH232025
- Basin
- Southern Hemisphere
- Tracked
- 2025-02-21 → 2025-03-07 (15 days)
- Peak wind
- 70 kt · 36 m/s · H1
- Minimum pressure
- 967 hPa
- Archived forecasts
- 145
- Sources
- ECMWF · ECMWF ENS · GFS · GEFS
Forecast track error (km)
| Source | 24 h | 48 h | 72 h | 120 h |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ECMWF | 46 (2) | 63 (1) | 104 (1) | 199 (1) |
| ECMWF ENS | 52 (29) | 109 (27) | 162 (23) | 216 (15) |
| GFS | 64 (32) | 109 (28) | 158 (24) | 391 (16) |
| GEFS | 63 (32) | 117 (28) | 140 (24) | 220 (16) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-25 18Z | 22.7°S 38.1°E | 35 | 995 | TS |
| 2025-02-26 00Z | 22.9°S 38.6°E | 39 | 994 | TS |
| 2025-02-26 06Z | 23.4°S 38.8°E | 51 | 986 | TS |
| 2025-02-26 12Z | 23.7°S 39.2°E | 54 | 982 | TS |
| 2025-02-26 18Z | 24.0°S 39.6°E | 60 | 981 | TS |
| 2025-02-27 00Z | 24.2°S 40.4°E | 64 | 977 | H1 |
| 2025-02-27 06Z | 24.9°S 41.5°E | 70 | 970 | H1 |
| 2025-02-27 12Z | 25.1°S 41.9°E | 70 | 974 | H1 |
| 2025-02-27 18Z | 25.3°S 42.2°E | 64 | 974 | H1 |
| 2025-02-28 00Z | 25.6°S 43.0°E | 60 | 977 | TS |
| 2025-02-28 06Z | 26.0°S 43.8°E | 60 | 974 | TS |
| 2025-02-28 12Z | 26.4°S 44.6°E | 60 | 974 | TS |
| 2025-02-28 18Z | 26.7°S 45.0°E | 60 | 974 | TS |
| 2025-03-01 00Z | 27.1°S 45.7°E | 70 | 967 | H1 |
| 2025-03-01 06Z | 26.8°S 45.2°E | 64 | 970 | H1 |
| 2025-03-01 12Z | 27.0°S 45.5°E | 60 | 977 | TS |
| 2025-03-01 18Z | 27.0°S 45.8°E | 60 | 980 | TS |
| 2025-03-02 00Z | 27.0°S 45.8°E | 60 | 980 | TS |
| 2025-03-02 06Z | 27.1°S 46.0°E | 64 | 975 | H1 |
| 2025-03-02 12Z | 27.1°S 46.3°E | 64 | 977 | H1 |
| 2025-03-02 18Z | 27.2°S 46.3°E | 60 | 981 | TS |
| 2025-03-03 00Z | 27.1°S 46.5°E | 54 | 982 | TS |
| 2025-03-03 06Z | 27.2°S 46.7°E | 51 | 987 | TS |
| 2025-03-03 12Z | 27.8°S 47.3°E | 51 | 986 | TS |
| 2025-03-03 18Z | 28.2°S 48.0°E | 45 | 990 | TS |
| 2025-03-04 00Z | 28.6°S 48.0°E | 45 | 992 | TS |
| 2025-03-04 06Z | 29.0°S 48.3°E | 45 | 988 | TS |
| 2025-03-04 12Z | 29.9°S 48.7°E | 45 | 988 | TS |
| 2025-03-04 18Z | 30.8°S 49.0°E | 51 | 987 | TS |
| 2025-03-05 00Z | 31.8°S 49.0°E | 51 | 987 | TS |
| 2025-03-05 06Z | 32.6°S 49.0°E | 51 | 991 | TS |
| 2025-03-05 12Z | 33.8°S 49.6°E | 51 | 991 | TS |
| 2025-03-05 18Z | 34.9°S 50.7°E | 54 | 988 | TS |
| 2025-03-06 00Z | 36.7°S 51.2°E | 50 | 992 | TS |
| 2025-03-06 06Z | 38.5°S 52.0°E | 45 | 995 | TS |
| 2025-03-06 12Z | 39.5°S 53.8°E | 45 | 993 | TS |