Typhoon Chanthu (2010)
Typhoon Chanthu reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between July 17, 2010 and July 23, 2010, with a lowest pressure of 963 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Chanthu, 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
- July 17, 2010 to July 23, 2010
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 963 mb (28.44 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.2
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 105 nmi (194 km, 121 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 170 nmi (315 km, 196 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 85 kt (98 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 12 kt (14 mph)
- Identifier
- WP042010
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 00:00 | 15.3N 123.3E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 17, 06:00 | 15.5N 123.0E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 17, 12:00 | 15.3N 122.7E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 17, 18:00 | 15.2N 122.4E | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 18, 00:00 | 15.2N 122.0E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 18, 06:00 | 15.4N 121.2E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 18, 12:00 | 15.4N 120.3E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 18, 18:00 | 15.3N 119.3E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 19, 00:00 | 15.2N 118.3E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 19, 06:00 | 15.4N 117.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 19, 12:00 | 15.9N 116.5E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 19, 18:00 | 16.7N 116.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 20, 00:00 | 17.4N 115.9E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 20, 06:00 | 17.9N 115.2E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 20, 12:00 | 18.1N 114.3E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 20, 18:00 | 18.1N 113.7E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 21, 00:00 | 18.4N 113.1E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 21, 06:00 | 18.9N 112.8E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 21, 12:00 | 19.4N 112.4E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 21, 18:00 | 19.9N 111.9E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 22, 00:00 | 20.7N 111.3E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 22, 06:00 | 21.4N 110.6E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Jul 22, 12:00 | 21.9N 109.7E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 18:00 | 22.6N 109.0E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 00:00 | 23.3N 108.0E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 06:00 | 23.6N 106.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 23, 12:00 | 23.8N 105.8E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
Other Western Pacific storms of 2010
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2010
- Tropical Storm OmaisWestern Pacific · 2010
- Typhoon ConsonWestern 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
- Typhoon ChabaWestern 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.