2025 tropical cyclone season · North Indian Ocean
Cyclone Shakhti Shakhti · IO022025
Cyclone Shakhti was tracked in the North Indian Ocean from 2025-10-01 to 2025-10-07 (6 days), peaking at 74 kt (H1) with a minimum pressure of 976 hPa. 75 archived forecasts from ECMWF, ECMWF ENS, GFS, GEFS are verified against its best track; at 48 hours the closest was ECMWF, 117 km off on average.
- ATCF ID
- IO022025
- Basin
- North Indian Ocean
- Tracked
- 2025-10-01 → 2025-10-07 (6 days)
- Peak wind
- 74 kt · 38 m/s · H1
- Minimum pressure
- 976 hPa
- Archived forecasts
- 75
- Sources
- ECMWF · ECMWF ENS · GFS · GEFS
Forecast track error (km)
| Source | 24 h | 48 h | 72 h | 120 h |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ECMWF | 51 (10) | 117 (7) | 202 (2) | — |
| ECMWF ENS | 61 (10) | 123 (7) | 272 (3) | — |
| GFS | 80 (11) | 160 (7) | 298 (3) | — |
| GEFS | 80 (11) | 190 (7) | 379 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-03 00Z | 21.5°N 67.2°E | 35 | 996 | TS |
| 2025-10-03 06Z | 21.8°N 66.8°E | 39 | 993 | TS |
| 2025-10-03 12Z | 22.0°N 66.4°E | 45 | 995 | TS |
| 2025-10-03 18Z | 22.1°N 65.8°E | 51 | 991 | TS |
| 2025-10-04 00Z | 22.2°N 64.7°E | 54 | 988 | TS |
| 2025-10-04 06Z | 21.9°N 64.1°E | 54 | 988 | TS |
| 2025-10-04 12Z | 21.3°N 63.4°E | 64 | 982 | H1 |
| 2025-10-04 18Z | 21.1°N 62.5°E | 74 | 976 | H1 |
| 2025-10-05 00Z | 21.0°N 61.3°E | 70 | 980 | H1 |
| 2025-10-05 06Z | 20.5°N 61.4°E | 64 | 984 | H1 |
| 2025-10-05 12Z | 20.0°N 60.6°E | 60 | 984 | TS |
| 2025-10-05 18Z | 19.6°N 60.3°E | 54 | 987 | TS |
| 2025-10-06 00Z | 19.8°N 60.6°E | 51 | 989 | TS |
| 2025-10-06 06Z | 19.8°N 60.4°E | 39 | 998 | TS |
| 2025-10-06 12Z | 19.7°N 60.2°E | 35 | 998 | TS |