Tropical Storm Hale (2023)
Tropical Storm Hale peaked at 50 kt in the South Pacific between January 4, 2023 and January 11, 2023, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Hale, 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 Pacific
- Dates
- January 4, 2023 to January 11, 2023
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 985 mb (29.09 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.3
- Identifier
- SH072023
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 18:00 | 18.2S 142.0E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 5, 00:00 | 18.1S 143.0E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 5, 06:00 | 18.1S 144.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 5, 12:00 | 18.1S 145.3E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 5, 18:00 | 18.3S 148.4E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 6, 00:00 | 18.7S 149.5E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 6, 06:00 | 19.0S 151.1E | 30 kt | 999 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 6, 12:00 | 19.2S 151.7E | 35 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 6, 18:00 | 19.8S 153.1E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 7, 00:00 | 20.6S 154.7E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 7, 06:00 | 21.4S 157.5E | 50 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 7, 12:00 | 22.3S 160.1E | 45 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 7, 18:00 | 23.5S 162.9E | 40 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 8, 00:00 | 24.4S 164.7E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 8, 06:00 | 25.3S 167.0E | 35 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 8, 12:00 | 25.4S 168.6E | 25 kt | 987 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Jan 8, 18:00 | 25.0S 170.0E | 25 kt | 985 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Jan 9, 00:00 | 25.3S 172.7E | 20 kt | 988 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Jan 9, 06:00 | 25.8S 175.7E | 20 kt | 988 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Jan 9, 12:00 | 30.7S 179.5E | 993 mb | Not reported | |
| Jan 9, 18:00 | 33.5S 178.9E | 992 mb | Not reported | |
| Jan 10, 00:00 | 34.9S 177.6E | 990 mb | Not reported | |
| Jan 10, 06:00 | 35.9S 176.1E | 985 mb | Not reported | |
| Jan 10, 12:00 | 36.5S 175.7E | 985 mb | Not reported | |
| Jan 10, 18:00 | 37.5S 175.1E | 986 mb | Not reported | |
| Jan 11, 00:00 | 38.0S 175.0E | 988 mb | Not reported | |
| Jan 11, 06:00 | 38.9S 175.2E | 990 mb | Not reported | |
| Jan 11, 12:00 | 39.3S 178.5E | 992 mb | Not reported |
Other South Pacific storms of 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.