Tropical Storm Agatha (2010)
Tropical Storm Agatha peaked at 40 kt in the Eastern Pacific between May 28, 2010 and May 30, 2010, with a lowest pressure of 1001 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Agatha, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2010 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
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- May 28, 2010 to May 30, 2010
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1001 mb (29.56 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.5
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 70 nmi (130 km, 81 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi)
- Overall size
- 200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 10 kt (12 mph)
- Identifier
- EP012010
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 22:30 | Coatepeque, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, 42 km away | 14.4N 92.1W | 40 kt (46 mph) | 1001 mb |
Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 18:00 | 12.7N 94.3W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| May 29, 00:00 | 12.8N 94.1W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 29, 06:00 | 13.0N 93.6W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 29, 12:00 | 13.3N 93.1W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 29, 18:00 | 13.9N 92.5W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 29, 22:30 landfall | 14.4N 92.1W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 30, 00:00 | 14.6N 91.9W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 30, 06:00 | 15.2N 91.6W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 30, 12:00 | 15.7N 91.4W | 15 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2010
- Tropical Storm BlasEastern Pacific · 2010
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2010
- Hurricane CeliaEastern Pacific · 2010
- Hurricane DarbyEastern Pacific · 2010
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2010
- Tropical Storm EstelleEastern Pacific · 2010
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2010
- Hurricane FrankEastern Pacific · 2010
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2010
- Tropical Storm HermineEastern Pacific · 2010
- Tropical Storm GeorgetteEastern Pacific · 2010
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.