Tropical Storm Estelle (2010)
Tropical Storm Estelle peaked at 55 kt in the Eastern Pacific between August 4, 2010 and August 10, 2010, with a lowest pressure of 994 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Estelle, 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
- August 4, 2010 to August 10, 2010
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 994 mb (29.35 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 105 km (65 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.6
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 75 nmi (139 km, 86 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi)
- Overall size
- 150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 14 kt (16 mph)
- Identifier
- EP072010
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 12:00 | 14.9N 94.9W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Aug 4, 18:00 | 14.7N 96.3W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Aug 5, 00:00 | 14.7N 97.6W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Aug 5, 06:00 | 14.9N 98.8W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Aug 5, 12:00 | 15.2N 99.9W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Aug 5, 18:00 | 15.5N 100.9W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Aug 6, 00:00 | 15.8N 101.7W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 6, 06:00 | 16.2N 102.6W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 6, 12:00 | 16.6N 103.5W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 6, 18:00 | 16.9N 104.6W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 7, 00:00 | 17.0N 105.6W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 7, 06:00 | 16.8N 106.4W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 7, 12:00 | 16.9N 107.3W | 50 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 7, 18:00 | 17.1N 108.3W | 50 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 8, 00:00 | 17.3N 109.2W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 8, 06:00 | 17.5N 109.8W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 8, 12:00 | 17.7N 110.4W | 50 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 8, 18:00 | 17.9N 110.9W | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 9, 00:00 | 17.9N 111.3W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 9, 06:00 | 17.9N 111.7W | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 9, 12:00 | 17.8N 112.0W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 9, 18:00 | 17.7N 112.4W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 10, 00:00 | 17.7N 112.8W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 10, 06:00 | 17.5N 113.2W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Aug 10, 12:00 | 17.3N 113.2W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Aug 10, 18:00 | 17.2N 113.1W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2010
- Tropical Storm AgathaEastern Pacific · 2010
- Tropical Storm BlasEastern Pacific · 2010
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2010
- Hurricane CeliaEastern Pacific · 2010
- Hurricane DarbyEastern Pacific · 2010
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern 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.