Tropical Storm Bandu (2010)
Tropical Storm Bandu peaked at 55 kt in the North Indian between May 15, 2010 and May 22, 2010, with a lowest pressure of 982 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Bandu, 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
- North Indian
- Dates
- May 15, 2010 to May 22, 2010
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 982 mb (29.00 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 67 km (42 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.5
- Identifier
- IO022010
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 15, 12:00 | 9.3N 56.5E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| May 15, 18:00 | 9.4N 57.0E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| May 16, 00:00 | 9.8N 57.0E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| May 16, 06:00 | 10.0N 56.8E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| May 16, 12:00 | 10.1N 56.1E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| May 16, 18:00 | 9.9N 56.0E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| May 17, 00:00 | 9.6N 56.6E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| May 17, 06:00 | 9.7N 57.3E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| May 17, 12:00 | 9.3N 57.6E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| May 17, 18:00 | 8.9N 57.3E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| May 18, 00:00 | 9.2N 56.7E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| May 18, 06:00 | 9.6N 56.5E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| May 18, 12:00 | 10.2N 56.1E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| May 18, 18:00 | 10.6N 55.4E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| May 19, 00:00 | 10.9N 54.5E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 19, 06:00 | 11.1N 54.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 19, 12:00 | 11.3N 53.5E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 19, 18:00 | 11.4N 53.1E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 20, 00:00 | 11.7N 52.9E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 20, 06:00 | 12.0N 52.7E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 20, 12:00 | 12.2N 52.5E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 20, 18:00 | 12.4N 52.3E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 21, 00:00 | 12.6N 52.1E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 21, 06:00 | 12.7N 51.8E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 21, 12:00 | 12.8N 51.9E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 21, 18:00 | 12.6N 51.8E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 22, 00:00 | 12.6N 51.5E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 22, 06:00 | 12.6N 51.3E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 22, 12:00 | 12.6N 51.1E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 22, 18:00 | 12.6N 50.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
Other North Indian storms of 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.