Cyclone Magda (2010)
Cyclone Magda reached Category 1 in the South Indian between January 18, 2010 and January 24, 2010, with a lowest pressure of 974 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Magda, 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
- South Indian
- Dates
- January 18, 2010 to January 24, 2010
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 974 mb (28.76 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.9
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 55 nmi (102 km, 63 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 160 nmi (296 km, 184 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 8 kt (9 mph)
- Identifier
- SH082010
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 12:00 | 10.9S 123.0E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 18, 18:00 | 11.2S 122.9E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 19, 00:00 | 12.1S 123.4E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 19, 06:00 | 11.7S 123.0E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 19, 12:00 | 11.9S 122.5E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 19, 18:00 | 12.1S 122.3E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 20, 00:00 | 12.3S 122.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 20, 06:00 | 12.6S 122.1E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 20, 12:00 | 12.9S 122.4E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 20, 18:00 | 13.2S 122.7E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 21, 00:00 | 13.7S 123.2E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 21, 06:00 | 14.3S 123.5E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Jan 21, 12:00 | 14.6S 124.1E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 21, 18:00 | 15.2S 124.4E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 22, 00:00 | 16.0S 124.6E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 22, 06:00 | 16.7S 124.5E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 22, 12:00 | 17.5S 124.4E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 22, 18:00 | 18.3S 124.1E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 23, 00:00 | 18.4S 124.0E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 23, 06:00 | 18.5S 123.9E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 23, 12:00 | 19.0S 123.6E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 23, 18:00 | 19.6S 123.3E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 24, 00:00 | 19.9S 122.9E | 15 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 24, 06:00 | 20.1S 122.4E | 15 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
Other South Indian storms of 2010
- Cyclone AnjaSouth Indian · 2010
- Tropical Storm BonganiSouth Indian · 2010
- Cyclone CleoSouth Indian · 2010
- Tropical Storm DavidSouth Indian · 2010
- Cyclone EdzaniSouth Indian · 2010
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2010
- Tropical Storm FamiSouth Indian · 2010
- Cyclone GelaneSouth Indian · 2010
- Tropical Storm HubertSouth Indian · 2010
- Cyclone ImaniSouth Indian · 2010
- Cyclone RobynSouth Indian · 2010
- Tropical Storm SeanSouth Indian · 2010
- Tropical Storm JoelSouth Indian · 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.