Tropical Storm Ellie (2023)
Tropical Storm Ellie peaked at 45 kt in the South Indian between December 21, 2022 and January 8, 2023, with a lowest pressure of 987 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Ellie, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- South Indian
- Dates
- December 21, 2022 to January 8, 2023
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 987 mb (29.15 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.5
- Identifier
- SH062023
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 06:00 | 10.6S 128.3E | 25 kt | 992 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 21, 12:00 | 10.8S 128.8E | 25 kt | 992 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 21, 18:00 | 11.4S 129.0E | 25 kt | 991 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 22, 00:00 | 12.1S 129.2E | 30 kt | 990 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 22, 06:00 | 12.6S 129.5E | 35 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 22, 12:00 | 13.3S 129.7E | 45 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 22, 18:00 | 14.5S 130.0E | 40 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 23, 00:00 | 15.2S 130.4E | 30 kt | 990 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 23, 06:00 | 15.8S 130.5E | 25 kt | 993 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 23, 12:00 | 16.5S 130.6E | 20 kt | 997 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 23, 18:00 | 17.0S 130.9E | 20 kt | 998 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 24, 00:00 | 17.4S 131.0E | 20 kt | 999 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 24, 06:00 | 17.8S 131.0E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 24, 12:00 | 18.1S 130.9E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 24, 18:00 | 18.3S 130.8E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 25, 00:00 | 18.6S 130.6E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 25, 06:00 | 18.8S 130.4E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 25, 12:00 | 19.0S 130.1E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 25, 18:00 | 19.1S 129.8E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 26, 00:00 | 19.1S 129.5E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 26, 06:00 | 19.1S 129.2E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 26, 12:00 | 19.1S 129.0E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 26, 18:00 | 19.0S 128.7E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 27, 00:00 | 18.9S 128.4E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 27, 06:00 | 18.8S 128.2E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 27, 12:00 | 18.6S 127.9E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 27, 18:00 | 18.5S 127.7E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 28, 00:00 | 18.3S 127.4E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 28, 06:00 | 18.2S 127.2E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 28, 12:00 | 18.1S 127.0E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 28, 18:00 | 18.0S 126.7E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 29, 00:00 | 17.8S 126.4E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 29, 06:00 | 17.5S 126.0E | 20 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 29, 12:00 | 17.3S 125.7E | 20 kt | 999 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 29, 18:00 | 17.0S 125.7E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 30, 00:00 | 16.7S 125.9E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 30, 06:00 | 16.4S 126.5E | 25 kt | 996 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 30, 12:00 | 16.5S 127.3E | 25 kt | 994 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 30, 18:00 | 16.8S 128.0E | 25 kt | 994 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 31, 00:00 | 17.2S 128.2E | 25 kt | 994 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 31, 06:00 | 17.7S 127.7E | 25 kt | 991 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 31, 12:00 | 18.0S 127.7E | 25 kt | 991 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 31, 18:00 | 17.7S 127.4E | 25 kt | 993 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 1, 00:00 | 17.3S 127.2E | 25 kt | 993 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 1, 06:00 | 17.2S 127.4E | 25 kt | 992 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 1, 12:00 | 17.3S 127.7E | 25 kt | 992 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 1, 18:00 | 17.6S 127.5E | 25 kt | 992 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 2, 00:00 | 17.8S 127.4E | 25 kt | 993 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 2, 06:00 | 18.0S 127.4E | 25 kt | 993 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 2, 12:00 | 18.3S 127.4E | 25 kt | 993 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 2, 18:00 | 18.7S 126.9E | 30 kt | 991 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 3, 00:00 | 18.7S 125.5E | 30 kt | 991 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 3, 06:00 | 18.7S 124.2E | 30 kt | 991 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 3, 12:00 | 18.8S 123.6E | 30 kt | 991 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 3, 18:00 | 18.6S 122.9E | 30 kt | 991 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 4, 00:00 | 18.1S 123.3E | 35 kt | 989 mb | Low |
| Jan 4, 06:00 | 18.4S 123.4E | 35 kt | 989 mb | Low |
| Jan 4, 12:00 | 18.6S 123.0E | 30 kt | 992 mb | Low |
| Jan 4, 18:00 | 18.8S 122.8E | 30 kt | 992 mb | Low |
| Jan 5, 00:00 | 18.6S 122.9E | 30 kt | 992 mb | Low |
| Jan 5, 06:00 | 18.5S 123.2E | 30 kt | 992 mb | Low |
| Jan 5, 12:00 | 19.0S 123.6E | 30 kt | 992 mb | Low |
| Jan 5, 18:00 | 19.2S 124.3E | 30 kt | 992 mb | Low |
| Jan 6, 00:00 | 19.3S 125.1E | 25 kt | 994 mb | Low |
| Jan 6, 06:00 | 19.3S 125.1E | 25 kt | 994 mb | Low |
| Jan 6, 12:00 | 20.1S 127.0E | 20 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 6, 18:00 | 20.4S 127.9E | 20 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 7, 00:00 | 20.6S 128.8E | 20 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 7, 06:00 | 20.8S 129.2E | 20 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 7, 12:00 | 20.8S 129.8E | 20 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 7, 18:00 | 20.8S 130.2E | 15 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 8, 00:00 | 20.9S 130.6E | 15 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 8, 06:00 | 21.1S 131.0E | 15 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
Other South Indian storms of 2023
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2023
- Tropical Storm AshleySouth Indian · 2023
- Tropical Storm BalitaSouth Indian · 2023
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2023
- Cyclone DarianSouth Indian · 2023
- Cyclone ChenesoSouth Indian · 2023
- Cyclone DinganiSouth Indian · 2023
- Cyclone FreddySouth Indian · 2023
- Cyclone EnalaSouth Indian · 2023
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2023
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2023
- Cyclone HermanSouth Indian · 2023
- Cyclone FabienSouth Indian · 2023
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.