Super Typhoon Megi (2010)
Super Typhoon Megi reached Category 5 in the Western Pacific between October 11, 2010 and October 24, 2010, with a lowest pressure of 903 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Super Typhoon Megi, 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
- October 11, 2010 to October 24, 2010
- Peak strength
- Category 5, 160 kt (184 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 903 mb (26.67 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 42.3
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 190 nmi (352 km, 219 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 65 nmi (120 km, 75 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 215 nmi (398 km, 247 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 15 kt (17 mph)
- Identifier
- WP152010
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 12:00 | 12.7N 145.0E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 11, 18:00 | 12.6N 144.3E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 12, 00:00 | 12.5N 143.5E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 12, 06:00 | 12.3N 142.8E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 12, 12:00 | 12.1N 142.1E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 12, 18:00 | 12.1N 141.6E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 13, 00:00 | 11.8N 141.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 13, 06:00 | 11.8N 141.2E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 13, 12:00 | 11.7N 140.8E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 13, 18:00 | 11.9N 140.3E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 14, 00:00 | 12.1N 139.8E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 14, 06:00 | 12.7N 139.2E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 14, 12:00 | 13.1N 138.5E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 14, 18:00 | 13.6N 137.9E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 15, 00:00 | 14.2N 137.2E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 15, 06:00 | 14.9N 136.5E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 15, 12:00 | 15.8N 135.5E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 15, 18:00 | 16.7N 134.3E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 16, 00:00 | 17.4N 132.9E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 16, 06:00 | 18.1N 131.6E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 16, 12:00 | 18.4N 130.2E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 16, 18:00 | 18.7N 128.8E | 125 kt | 929 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 17, 00:00 | 18.7N 127.4E | 140 kt | 918 mb | Super typhoon |
| Oct 17, 06:00 | 18.5N 126.2E | 145 kt | 914 mb | Super typhoon |
| Oct 17, 12:00 | 18.0N 125.1E | 160 kt | 903 mb | Super typhoon |
| Oct 17, 18:00 | 17.5N 124.2E | 155 kt | 907 mb | Super typhoon |
| Oct 18, 00:00 | 17.3N 123.2E | 150 kt | 911 mb | Super typhoon |
| Oct 18, 06:00 | 17.0N 121.9E | 120 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 18, 12:00 | 16.8N 120.5E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 18, 18:00 | 16.4N 119.5E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 19, 00:00 | 16.2N 118.9E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 19, 06:00 | 16.6N 118.4E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 19, 12:00 | 16.6N 117.9E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 19, 18:00 | 17.0N 117.6E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 20, 00:00 | 17.3N 117.3E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 20, 06:00 | 17.7N 117.2E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 20, 12:00 | 18.3N 117.2E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 20, 18:00 | 18.9N 117.3E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 21, 00:00 | 19.4N 117.5E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 21, 06:00 | 19.8N 117.7E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 21, 12:00 | 20.2N 117.9E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 21, 18:00 | 20.6N 118.1E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 22, 00:00 | 21.1N 118.2E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 22, 06:00 | 21.7N 118.3E | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 22, 12:00 | 22.3N 118.3E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 22, 18:00 | 22.9N 118.2E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 23, 00:00 | 23.5N 118.0E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 23, 06:00 | 24.2N 117.8E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 23, 12:00 | 24.6N 117.8E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 23, 18:00 | 25.0N 118.1E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 24, 00:00 | 25.4N 118.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 24, 06:00 | 26.2N 118.6E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
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 FanapiWestern Pacific · 2010
- Typhoon MalakasWestern Pacific · 2010
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern 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.