Cyclone Fabien (2023)
Cyclone Fabien reached Category 3 in the South Indian between May 11, 2023 and May 26, 2023, with a lowest pressure of 961 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Fabien, 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
- May 11, 2023 to May 26, 2023
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 961 mb (28.38 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 892 km (554 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 13.0
- Identifier
- SH192023
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 18:00 | 3.0S 90.1E | Disturbance | ||
| May 12, 00:00 | 2.8S 89.2E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 12, 06:00 | 2.2S 88.0E | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Disturbance |
| May 12, 12:00 | 2.2S 87.5E | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Disturbance |
| May 12, 18:00 | 2.3S 86.9E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| May 13, 00:00 | 2.6S 86.4E | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 13, 06:00 | 3.0S 85.9E | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 13, 12:00 | 3.6S 85.1E | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 13, 18:00 | 4.0S 84.2E | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 14, 00:00 | 4.3S 83.1E | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 14, 06:00 | 4.6S 82.0E | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 14, 12:00 | 4.8S 81.2E | 55 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 14, 18:00 | 4.9S 80.4E | 60 kt | 977 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 15, 00:00 | 5.1S 79.5E | 70 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| May 15, 06:00 | 5.3S 78.4E | 80 kt | 975 mb | Typhoon |
| May 15, 12:00 | 5.5S 77.5E | 85 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| May 15, 18:00 | 5.8S 76.8E | 90 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| May 16, 00:00 | 6.2S 76.1E | 90 kt | 969 mb | Typhoon |
| May 16, 06:00 | 6.7S 75.6E | 95 kt | 968 mb | Typhoon |
| May 16, 12:00 | 7.3S 75.0E | 100 kt | 962 mb | Typhoon |
| May 16, 18:00 | 7.8S 74.5E | 105 kt | 961 mb | Typhoon |
| May 17, 00:00 | 8.3S 74.1E | 100 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| May 17, 06:00 | 8.7S 73.7E | 90 kt | 972 mb | Typhoon |
| May 17, 12:00 | 8.8S 73.4E | 80 kt | 977 mb | Typhoon |
| May 17, 18:00 | 8.9S 73.0E | 65 kt | 986 mb | Typhoon |
| May 18, 00:00 | 8.9S 72.5E | 55 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 18, 06:00 | 8.9S 72.0E | 50 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 18, 12:00 | 9.0S 71.6E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 18, 18:00 | 9.2S 71.0E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 19, 00:00 | 9.5S 70.4E | 40 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 19, 06:00 | 9.7S 70.0E | 40 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 19, 12:00 | 9.8S 69.8E | 40 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 19, 18:00 | 9.9S 69.6E | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 20, 00:00 | 9.9S 69.4E | 50 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 20, 06:00 | 10.0S 69.3E | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 20, 12:00 | 10.1S 69.2E | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 20, 18:00 | 10.2S 69.0E | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 21, 00:00 | 10.3S 68.9E | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 21, 06:00 | 10.5S 68.8E | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 21, 12:00 | 10.8S 68.8E | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 21, 18:00 | 10.9S 68.8E | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 22, 00:00 | 11.7S 69.0E | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 22, 06:00 | 12.6S 69.3E | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 22, 12:00 | 12.9S 69.4E | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 22, 18:00 | 13.2S 69.6E | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 23, 00:00 | 13.8S 70.1E | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 23, 06:00 | 14.4S 70.5E | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 23, 12:00 | 14.9S 70.7E | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 23, 18:00 | 15.7S 70.4E | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 24, 00:00 | 16.5S 69.9E | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 24, 06:00 | 17.3S 69.4E | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 24, 12:00 | 18.1S 69.0E | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 24, 18:00 | 19.2S 68.7E | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 25, 00:00 | 20.3S 68.5E | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 25, 06:00 | 21.7S 68.7E | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 25, 12:00 | 23.0S 69.6E | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 25, 18:00 | 24.3S 70.2E | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Disturbance |
| May 26, 00:00 | 26.1S 71.4E | 30 kt | 1012 mb | Extratropical |
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
- Tropical Storm EllieSouth 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
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.