Cyclone Imani (2010)

Cyclone Imani reached Category 1 in the South Indian between March 20, 2010 and March 29, 2010, with a lowest pressure of 963 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Imani, 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.

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The storm

Basin: South Indian
Dates: March 20, 2010 to March 29, 2010
Peak strength: Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
Lowest pressure: 963 mb (28.44 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 1257 km (781 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 5.2
Identifier: SH212010

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Mar 20, 12:00	6.4S 88.5E	20 kt	1007 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 20, 18:00	6.6S 88.6E	20 kt	1007 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 21, 00:00	6.9S 88.8E	20 kt	1006 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 21, 06:00	7.5S 88.5E	15 kt	1010 mb	Disturbance
Mar 21, 12:00	7.4S 89.0E	15 kt	1010 mb	Disturbance
Mar 21, 18:00	8.3S 89.5E	20 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Mar 22, 00:00	9.5S 89.6E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Mar 22, 06:00	10.4S 89.5E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Mar 22, 12:00	11.0S 89.4E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Mar 22, 18:00	11.6S 89.3E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 23, 00:00	12.3S 88.7E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 23, 06:00	12.8S 88.3E	40 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 23, 12:00	13.3S 87.9E	45 kt	989 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 23, 18:00	14.0S 87.4E	50 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 24, 00:00	14.8S 86.8E	55 kt	982 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 24, 06:00	15.7S 86.3E	60 kt	978 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 24, 12:00	16.7S 85.8E	65 kt	974 mb	Typhoon
Mar 24, 18:00	17.6S 85.3E	70 kt	970 mb	Typhoon
Mar 25, 00:00	18.6S 85.4E	75 kt	967 mb	Typhoon
Mar 25, 06:00	19.3S 85.6E	75 kt	967 mb	Typhoon
Mar 25, 12:00	20.0S 85.8E	80 kt	963 mb	Typhoon
Mar 25, 18:00	20.4S 85.9E	65 kt	974 mb	Typhoon
Mar 26, 00:00	20.7S 86.1E	50 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 26, 06:00	21.1S 86.3E	45 kt	989 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 26, 12:00	21.3S 86.7E	35 kt	996 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 26, 18:00	21.2S 86.5E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Mar 27, 00:00	21.4S 86.5E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Mar 27, 06:00	21.5S 86.4E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Mar 27, 12:00	22.0S 86.0E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Mar 27, 18:00	22.3S 85.1E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Mar 28, 00:00	22.4S 84.2E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Mar 28, 06:00	23.0S 83.4E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical depression
Mar 28, 12:00	23.8S 83.0E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Mar 28, 18:00	24.2S 83.2E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Mar 29, 00:00	24.4S 83.4E	20 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Mar 29, 06:00	24.7S 83.5E	20 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Mar 29, 12:00	25.0S 83.8E	20 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance

Other South 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.