2023 North Indian Ocean Cyclone Season

The 2023 North Indian Ocean Cyclone Season is the current period of tropical cyclone formation in the North Indian ocean. Almost every storm has been notable, the most notable was Cyclone Mocha which made landfall in Myanmar as a high-end Category 4.

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## Storms

### Cyclone Mocha

On May 7, a tropical wave formed about 100 miles west of Indonesia, and moved north and curving west a few hours later. On May 9, it slowly turned north. On May 11, it curved slightly north-west and turned due north again soon after, becoming Tropical Storm Mocha. Mocha immediately began rapid intensification becoming a category 1 by the end of the day. On May 12, Mocha turned north-east, turning north for about 4 hours and turning north-east, becoming a category 4. On May 13, Mocha became a super cyclonic storm on the IMD scale. On May 14, Mocha became a Category 5 and peaked a few hours later with winds of 165mph and a pressure of 918mb. A few hours later, Mocha slightly weakened before landfall. Mocha made landfall in Sittwe, Myanmar on the morning of May 14 as a high-end category 4 with winds of 155mph and a pressure of 922mb. Mocha rapidly weakened and dissipated on the morning of May 15.

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### Cyclone Biparjoy

On June 4, a tropical low formed in the Arabian Sea and gradually headed north-west. On the very early morning of June 6, it became Tropical Storm Biparjoy. Biparjoy rapidly intensified and became a Category 1 by that evening and turned north-east. On the afternoon of June 7, it became a Category 2 as it turned due west but started weakening that night. Biparjoy did a loop as it lost Category 2 status. Biparjoy turned due north on the morning of June 8, that afternoon it turned east. Biparjoy then turned north-east on June 9. On the morning of June 9, Biparjoy lost Category 1 status and turned due north, that night though, it regained Category 1. On June 10 Biparjoy rapidly intensified and became a Category 3 that night. Biparjoy slightly weakened from 120mph to 115mph as it turned north-east. On the afternoon of June 11, as Biparjoy turned north it peaked as a high-end Category 3 with winds of 125mph and a pressure of 942mb. Biparjoy turned north-west as a Category 2 the next morning. Biparjoy turned north and north east again, still a Category 2. That night it turned north-east briefly and west before doing a loop and north-east, finally losing Category 2. It turned north that morning. On June 15, Biparjoy turned west and eventually north-west. That night, Biparjoy made landfall near Naliya, India as a high-end Tropical Storm with winds of 70mph and a pressure of 983mb. Biparjoy actually slowly weakened not losing Tropical Storm status until about 32 hours later. Biparjoy became a remnant and dissipated on June 17.

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### Cyclone Tej

On October 17, a tropical low formed in the Arabian Sea and headed west. On October 18 it turned south-west on October 19, it slowly turned west again. On October 20, it became Tropical Storm Tej as it turned north. it turned west again before turning north-west where it would stay headed that direction it's entire life. On October 21, Tej explosively intensified from a 60mph Tropical Storm to a high-end Category 3 with winds of 125mph and a pressure of 950mb. It peaked the next morning as a low-end Category 4 with winds of 130mph and a pressure of 947mb as it passed by Socotra. It lost Category 4 shortly after. On october 23, warnings were issued for Yemen and Oman as Tej approached as a high-end Category 1, making landfall in Haswayn, Yemen with winds of 85mph and a pressure of 979mb. Tej dissipated the next morning.

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