Tropical Storm Balita (2023)

Tropical Storm Balita peaked at 40 kt in the South Indian between October 3, 2022 and October 13, 2022, with a lowest pressure of 997 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Balita, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2023 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin: South Indian
Dates: October 3, 2022 to October 13, 2022
Peak strength: Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
Lowest pressure: 997 mb (29.44 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 1105 km (687 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 1.7
Identifier: SH032023

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Oct 3, 06:00	5.4S 89.6E	15 kt	1008 mb	Disturbance
Oct 3, 12:00	5.9S 89.6E	15 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Oct 3, 18:00	7.0S 89.5E	10 kt	1014 mb	Disturbance
Oct 4, 00:00	7.4S 89.4E	15 kt	1010 mb	Disturbance
Oct 4, 06:00	7.8S 89.3E	15 kt	1010 mb	Disturbance
Oct 4, 12:00	8.2S 89.2E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Oct 4, 18:00	8.6S 89.0E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Oct 5, 00:00	8.8S 88.7E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Oct 5, 06:00	9.0S 88.4E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Oct 5, 12:00	9.1S 87.8E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Oct 5, 18:00	9.3S 87.4E	25 kt	1005 mb	Tropical depression
Oct 6, 00:00	9.5S 87.0E	30 kt	999 mb	Tropical depression
Oct 6, 06:00	9.6S 86.5E	35 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 6, 12:00	9.6S 86.0E	35 kt	999 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 6, 18:00	9.5S 85.5E	35 kt	999 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 7, 00:00	9.6S 85.3E	40 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 7, 06:00	9.9S 85.0E	35 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 7, 12:00	10.5S 84.7E	35 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 7, 18:00	11.1S 84.8E	35 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 8, 00:00	11.5S 85.2E	30 kt	1003 mb	Tropical depression
Oct 8, 06:00	12.4S 85.7E	30 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Oct 8, 12:00	13.1S 86.0E	40 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 8, 18:00	14.5S 86.3E	35 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 9, 00:00	14.9S 86.6E	35 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 9, 06:00	15.2S 86.8E	35 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 9, 12:00	15.5S 87.0E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Oct 9, 18:00	16.4S 87.6E	25 kt	1005 mb	Tropical depression
Oct 10, 00:00	16.6S 87.4E	25 kt	1006 mb	Low
Oct 10, 06:00	16.6S 87.6E	40 kt	1005 mb	Extratropical
Oct 10, 12:00	16.4S 87.5E	35 kt	1006 mb	Disturbance
Oct 10, 18:00	16.4S 86.9E	35 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Oct 11, 00:00	16.3S 86.0E	30 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Oct 11, 06:00	15.8S 85.4E	30 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Oct 11, 12:00	15.1S 85.2E	30 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Oct 11, 18:00	14.7S 85.4E	30 kt	1008 mb	Disturbance
Oct 12, 00:00	14.5S 85.0E	25 kt	1008 mb	Disturbance
Oct 12, 06:00	15.0S 85.3E	25 kt	1009 mb	Disturbance
Oct 12, 12:00	15.7S 85.3E	25 kt	1009 mb	Disturbance
Oct 12, 18:00	16.3S 85.1E	25 kt	1010 mb	Disturbance
Oct 13, 00:00	16.7S 84.7E	25 kt	1010 mb	Disturbance
Oct 13, 06:00	17.0S 84.4E	25 kt	1011 mb	Disturbance
Oct 13, 12:00	17.1S 84.1E	25 kt	1011 mb	Disturbance

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What this means

A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.

Sources

Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.