Typhoon Fanapi (2010)
Typhoon Fanapi reached Category 3 in the Western Pacific between September 13, 2010 and September 21, 2010, with a lowest pressure of 944 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Typhoon Fanapi, 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
- September 13, 2010 to September 21, 2010
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 944 mb (27.88 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 12.7
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 35 nmi (65 km, 40 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 115 kt (132 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 18 kt (21 mph)
- Identifier
- WP122010
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 06:00 | 16.6N 137.4E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 13, 12:00 | 17.0N 135.6E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 13, 18:00 | 17.1N 133.7E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 14, 00:00 | 17.6N 132.0E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 14, 06:00 | 18.2N 130.8E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 14, 12:00 | 18.8N 129.9E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 14, 18:00 | 19.4N 129.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 15, 00:00 | 20.0N 128.5E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 06:00 | 20.6N 127.9E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 12:00 | 20.8N 127.7E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 18:00 | 21.1N 127.6E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 00:00 | 21.4N 127.9E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 06:00 | 21.6N 128.4E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 12:00 | 21.9N 128.4E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 16, 18:00 | 22.2N 128.4E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 22.5N 128.3E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 17, 06:00 | 22.8N 128.1E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 23.1N 127.7E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 23.3N 126.9E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 23.5N 126.1E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 23.7N 125.3E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 23.9N 124.2E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 24.0N 123.1E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 23.7N 121.6E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 23.2N 120.7E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 23.5N 119.6E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 23.6N 119.0E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 23.5N 117.4E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Sep 20, 06:00 | 23.7N 115.8E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 12:00 | 23.9N 114.4E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 18:00 | 24.1N 113.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 21, 00:00 | 23.9N 112.1E | 1002 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 21, 06:00 | 23.9N 110.9E | 1002 mb | Mixed | |
| Sep 21, 12:00 | 24.2N 109.7E | 1004 mb | Mixed | |
| Sep 21, 18:00 | 23.6N 108.2E | Disturbance |
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 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.