Tropical Storm Joel (2010)

Tropical Storm Joel peaked at 60 kt in the South Indian between May 22, 2010 and May 29, 2010, with a lowest pressure of 990 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Joel, 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: May 22, 2010 to May 29, 2010
Peak strength: Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph), ten-minute wind
Lowest pressure: 990 mb (29.23 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 38 km (24 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 0.1
Identifier: 2010143S20035

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
May 22, 12:00	20.4S 35.1E	15 kt	1015 mb	Tropical storm
May 22, 18:00	20.2S 35.5E	15 kt	1015 mb	Tropical storm
May 23, 00:00	20.1S 35.9E	15 kt	1014 mb	Tropical storm
May 23, 06:00	20.0S 36.2E	20 kt	1013 mb	Tropical storm
May 23, 12:00	20.4S 36.9E	20 kt	1012 mb	Tropical storm
May 23, 18:00	20.7S 37.4E	20 kt	1012 mb	Tropical storm
May 24, 00:00	21.0S 37.9E	20 kt	1011 mb	Tropical storm
May 24, 06:00	21.2S 38.4E	20 kt	1010 mb	Tropical storm
May 24, 12:00	21.3S 39.2E	20 kt	1009 mb	Tropical storm
May 24, 18:00	21.9S 40.1E	23 kt	1008 mb	Tropical storm
May 25, 00:00	22.2S 41.1E	23 kt	1008 mb	Tropical storm
May 25, 06:00	22.6S 41.8E	25 kt	1007 mb	Tropical storm
May 25, 12:00	23.6S 42.7E	30 kt	1004 mb	Tropical storm
May 25, 18:00	24.2S 43.1E	35 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
May 26, 00:00	24.8S 43.3E	37 kt	1001 mb	Subtropical storm
May 26, 06:00	25.2S 43.4E	43 kt	998 mb	Subtropical storm
May 26, 12:00	25.4S 43.5E	50 kt	994 mb	Subtropical storm
May 26, 18:00	25.6S 43.9E	60 kt	990 mb	Subtropical storm
May 27, 00:00	25.8S 44.4E	55 kt	992 mb	Subtropical storm
May 27, 06:00	25.9S 44.8E	55 kt	992 mb	Subtropical storm
May 27, 12:00	26.0S 45.2E	50 kt	994 mb	Subtropical storm
May 27, 18:00	26.2S 46.0E	50 kt	995 mb	Subtropical storm
May 28, 00:00	26.3S 46.4E	45 kt	997 mb	Subtropical storm
May 28, 06:00	26.5S 46.8E	43 kt	998 mb	Subtropical storm
May 28, 12:00	26.7S 47.0E	43 kt	998 mb	Subtropical storm
May 28, 18:00	27.1S 47.0E	40 kt	1000 mb	Subtropical storm
May 29, 00:00	28.0S 46.9E	33 kt	1003 mb	Subtropical storm
May 29, 06:00	29.1S 46.9E	25 kt	1008 mb	Disturbance
May 29, 12:00	30.6S 47.4E	20 kt	1010 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. This storm’s winds are ten-minute averages from its regional agency. They read about 12 percent lower than the one-minute winds US agencies use, so a Saffir-Simpson category is not given for it.

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.