2026 tropical cyclone season · Southern Hemisphere

Cyclone Fytia Fytia · SH192026

Cyclone Fytia was tracked in the Southern Hemisphere from 2026-01-28 to 2026-02-07 (11 days), peaking at 99 kt (H3) with a minimum pressure of 962 hPa. 34 archived forecasts from ECMWF ENS are verified against its best track; at 48 hours the closest was ECMWF ENS, 70 km off on average.

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ATCF ID
SH192026
Basin
Southern Hemisphere
Tracked
2026-01-28 → 2026-02-07 (11 days)
Peak wind
99 kt · 51 m/s · H3
Minimum pressure
962 hPa
Archived forecasts
34
Sources
ECMWF ENS
TDTSH1H2H3H4H5

Forecast track error (km)

Source24 h48 h72 h120 h
ECMWF ENS43 (17)70 (16)64 (12)93 (4)

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
2026-01-29 18Z15.6°S 42.5°E351001TS
2026-01-30 00Z15.6°S 42.5°E45998TS
2026-01-30 06Z15.6°S 42.5°E60989TS
2026-01-30 12Z15.5°S 43.0°E80973H1
2026-01-30 18Z15.5°S 43.9°E93963H2
2026-01-31 00Z16.0°S 44.8°E99962H3
2026-01-31 06Z16.3°S 45.8°E74979H1
2026-01-31 12Z17.1°S 46.5°E60989TS
2026-01-31 18Z18.0°S 47.3°E45994TS
2026-02-01 00Z18.8°S 48.3°E39997TS
2026-02-01 06Z19.5°S 49.5°E39997TS
2026-02-01 12Z20.4°S 50.3°E451000TS
2026-02-01 18Z21.0°S 51.0°E45998TS
2026-02-02 00Z20.6°S 52.0°E45998TS
2026-02-02 06Z21.2°S 52.5°E54989TS
2026-02-02 12Z22.1°S 53.1°E51993TS
2026-02-02 18Z22.9°S 53.5°E54990TS
2026-02-03 00Z23.3°S 54.0°E54989TS
2026-02-03 06Z23.4°S 54.0°E51994TS
2026-02-03 12Z23.8°S 54.5°E51991TS
2026-02-03 18Z23.9°S 54.9°E45996TS
2026-02-04 00Z23.6°S 54.8°E45995TS
2026-02-04 06Z23.5°S 54.9°E291002TD
2026-02-04 12Z23.4°S 55.2°E251002TD