Typhoon Chaba (2010)
Typhoon Chaba reached Category 4 in the Western Pacific between October 20, 2010 and November 1, 2010, with a lowest pressure of 937 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Chaba, 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
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- October 20, 2010 to November 1, 2010
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 937 mb (27.67 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 90 km (56 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 16.9
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 210 nmi (389 km, 242 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 45 nmi (83 km, 52 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 322 nmi (596 km, 371 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 24 kt (28 mph)
- Identifier
- WP162010
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 06:00 | 16.3N 146.5E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 20, 12:00 | 16.1N 145.0E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 20, 18:00 | 16.3N 143.7E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 21, 00:00 | 16.6N 142.7E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 21, 06:00 | 16.9N 141.8E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 21, 12:00 | 17.1N 140.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 21, 18:00 | 17.1N 140.0E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 22, 00:00 | 17.1N 139.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 22, 06:00 | 16.9N 138.0E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 22, 12:00 | 16.6N 137.0E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 22, 18:00 | 16.2N 135.9E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 23, 00:00 | 15.9N 134.9E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 23, 06:00 | 15.6N 134.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 23, 12:00 | 15.5N 133.7E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 23, 18:00 | 15.5N 133.3E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 24, 00:00 | 15.5N 132.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 24, 06:00 | 15.7N 132.4E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 24, 12:00 | 16.0N 131.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 24, 18:00 | 16.4N 131.1E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 00:00 | 16.9N 130.8E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 06:00 | 17.5N 130.4E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 12:00 | 18.1N 129.9E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 18:00 | 18.8N 129.4E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 26, 00:00 | 19.5N 129.1E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 26, 06:00 | 19.9N 128.6E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 26, 12:00 | 20.2N 128.2E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 26, 18:00 | 20.4N 127.9E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 27, 00:00 | 20.9N 127.8E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 27, 06:00 | 21.6N 127.9E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 27, 12:00 | 22.4N 128.0E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 27, 18:00 | 23.3N 128.3E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 28, 00:00 | 24.2N 128.6E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 28, 06:00 | 24.9N 129.2E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 28, 12:00 | 25.6N 130.2E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 28, 18:00 | 26.4N 130.8E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 29, 00:00 | 27.1N 131.6E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 29, 06:00 | 28.2N 132.8E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 29, 12:00 | 29.3N 134.1E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 29, 18:00 | 30.6N 135.7E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 30, 00:00 | 32.0N 137.4E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 30, 06:00 | 33.5N 139.5E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 30, 12:00 | 35.3N 142.2E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 30, 18:00 | 36.0N 144.0E | 998 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 31, 00:00 | 37.1N 146.5E | 1004 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 31, 06:00 | 37.7N 148.2E | 1010 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 31, 12:00 | 38.3N 149.6E | 1012 mb | Extratropical | |
| Oct 31, 18:00 | 39.1N 150.3E | 1012 mb | Extratropical | |
| Nov 1, 00:00 | 39.9N 150.9E | 1012 mb | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2010
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2010
- Tropical Storm OmaisWestern Pacific · 2010
- Typhoon ConsonWestern Pacific · 2010
- Typhoon ChanthuWestern Pacific · 2010
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2010
- Tropical Storm DianmuWestern Pacific · 2010
- Typhoon MindulleWestern Pacific · 2010
- Tropical Storm LionrockWestern Pacific · 2010
- Typhoon KompasuWestern Pacific · 2010
- Tropical Storm NamtheunWestern Pacific · 2010
- Tropical Storm MalouWestern Pacific · 2010
- Typhoon MerantiWestern Pacific · 2010
- Typhoon FanapiWestern Pacific · 2010
- Typhoon MalakasWestern Pacific · 2010
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2010
- Super Typhoon MegiWestern Pacific · 2010
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2010
- Tropical Storm JalWestern Pacific · 2010
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2010
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2010
- Tropical Storm OmekaWestern 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.