Cyclone Mocha (2023)
Cyclone Mocha reached Category 5 in the North Indian between May 8, 2023 and May 15, 2023, with a lowest pressure of 908 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Mocha, 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
- North Indian
- Dates
- May 8, 2023 to May 15, 2023
- Peak strength
- Category 5, 145 kt (167 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 908 mb (26.81 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 15.4
- Identifier
- IO012023
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 8, 18:00 | 7.7N 91.4E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 9, 00:00 | 7.6N 90.7E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 9, 06:00 | 7.6N 89.6E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 9, 12:00 | 7.8N 89.2E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 9, 18:00 | 8.1N 89.0E | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 10, 00:00 | 8.4N 88.9E | 30 kt | 991 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 10, 06:00 | 9.4N 88.2E | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 10, 12:00 | 10.1N 88.3E | 30 kt | 994 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 10, 18:00 | 10.7N 88.4E | 30 kt | 994 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 11, 00:00 | 11.1N 88.2E | 35 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 11, 06:00 | 11.5N 88.1E | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 11, 12:00 | 12.0N 88.1E | 55 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 11, 18:00 | 12.8N 88.1E | 60 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 12, 00:00 | 13.4N 88.2E | 65 kt | 982 mb | Typhoon |
| May 12, 06:00 | 14.0N 88.3E | 80 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| May 12, 12:00 | 14.5N 88.5E | 95 kt | 957 mb | Typhoon |
| May 12, 18:00 | 14.9N 88.9E | 105 kt | 950 mb | Typhoon |
| May 13, 00:00 | 15.3N 89.2E | 110 kt | 945 mb | Typhoon |
| May 13, 06:00 | 16.0N 89.9E | 115 kt | 939 mb | Typhoon |
| May 13, 12:00 | 16.9N 90.7E | 135 kt | 917 mb | Super typhoon |
| May 13, 18:00 | 17.9N 91.3E | 140 kt | 916 mb | Super typhoon |
| May 14, 00:00 | 18.7N 91.9E | 145 kt | 908 mb | Super typhoon |
| May 14, 06:00 | 19.9N 92.6E | 130 kt | 923 mb | Super typhoon |
| May 14, 12:00 | 21.0N 93.3E | 100 kt | 951 mb | Typhoon |
| May 14, 18:00 | 23.8N 95.8E | 45 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 15, 00:00 | 26.2N 97.8E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Extratropical |
Other North Indian storms of 2023
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2023
- Cyclone BiparjoyNorth Indian · 2023
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 2023
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 2023
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2023
- Cyclone TejNorth Indian · 2023
- Cyclone HamoonNorth Indian · 2023
- Tropical Storm MidhiliNorth Indian · 2023
- Cyclone MichaungNorth 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.