The 2010 season

Typhoon Meranti (2010)

Typhoon Meranti reached Category 1 in the Western Pacific between September 6, 2010 and September 14, 2010, with a lowest pressure of 974 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Typhoon Meranti, 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
Western Pacific
Dates
September 6, 2010 to September 14, 2010
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure
974 mb (28.76 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
2.0
Identifier
WP112010

Radar at RKJK as it neared land, Sep 11, 18:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Sep 6, 06:0023.9N 124.8E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Sep 6, 12:0023.2N 124.7E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Sep 6, 18:0022.8N 124.3E15 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Sep 7, 00:0022.5N 123.8E20 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Sep 7, 06:0022.3N 123.2E20 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Sep 7, 12:0022.1N 122.3E20 kt1005 mbDisturbance
Sep 7, 18:0021.6N 121.4E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Sep 8, 00:0021.1N 120.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Sep 8, 06:0020.8N 120.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Sep 8, 12:0020.6N 119.5E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 8, 18:0020.9N 119.2E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Sep 9, 00:0021.4N 119.4E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Sep 9, 06:0022.3N 119.2E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 9, 12:0023.2N 119.0E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Sep 9, 18:0024.3N 118.7E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Sep 10, 00:0025.6N 118.7E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 10, 06:0026.8N 118.7E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Sep 10, 12:0027.8N 119.2E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Sep 10, 18:0029.0N 119.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Sep 11, 00:0030.3N 120.7E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Sep 11, 06:0031.5N 122.0E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Sep 11, 12:0032.6N 123.8E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Sep 11, 18:0034.0N 126.1E20 kt1007 mbExtratropical
Sep 12, 00:0036.3N 129.5E1004 mbExtratropical
Sep 12, 06:0037.6N 132.5E1002 mbExtratropical
Sep 12, 12:0038.2N 135.7E1002 mbExtratropical
Sep 12, 18:0038.9N 138.2E1002 mbExtratropical
Sep 13, 00:0038.9N 142.6E1004 mbExtratropical
Sep 13, 06:0038.9N 144.4E1002 mbExtratropical
Sep 13, 12:0038.8N 146.4E1002 mbExtratropical
Sep 13, 18:0038.8N 147.7E1002 mbExtratropical
Sep 14, 00:0038.4N 148.7E1004 mbExtratropical
Sep 14, 06:0037.8N 150.0E1004 mbExtratropical

Other Western Pacific 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.