Cyclone Mick (2010)
Cyclone Mick reached Category 1 in the South Pacific between December 11, 2009 and December 16, 2009, with a lowest pressure of 974 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Mick, 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 Pacific
- Dates
- December 11, 2009 to December 16, 2009
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 974 mb (28.76 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.3
- Identifier
- SH042010
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 12:00 | 10.3S 172.1E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Dec 11, 18:00 | 10.8S 173.5E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 12, 00:00 | 11.5S 174.5E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 12, 06:00 | 12.4S 174.9E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 12, 12:00 | 13.1S 174.9E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 12, 18:00 | 13.7S 175.1E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 13, 00:00 | 14.3S 175.3E | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 13, 06:00 | 14.8S 175.7E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 13, 12:00 | 15.5S 176.1E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 13, 18:00 | 16.4S 176.8E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 14, 00:00 | 17.4S 177.6E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 14, 06:00 | 18.2S 178.3E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 14, 12:00 | 18.7S 178.7E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 14, 18:00 | 19.1S 179.1E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 15, 00:00 | 19.4S 180.0W | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 15, 06:00 | 19.8S 178.9W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 15, 12:00 | 20.0S 177.8W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 15, 18:00 | 20.2S 176.6W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Extratropical |
| Dec 16, 00:00 | 20.6S 185.5E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Not reported |
| Dec 16, 06:00 | 21.0S 186.0E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Not reported |
Other South Pacific storms of 2010
- Cyclone LaurenceSouth Pacific · 2010
- Tropical Storm NevilleSouth Pacific · 2010
- Tropical Storm OlgaSouth Pacific · 2010
- Tropical Storm NishaSouth Pacific · 2010
- Cyclone OliSouth Pacific · 2010
- Cyclone PatSouth Pacific · 2010
- Cyclone ReneSouth Pacific · 2010
- Tropical Storm SarahSouth Pacific · 2010
- Cyclone TomasSouth Pacific · 2010
- Cyclone UluiSouth Pacific · 2010
- Cyclone PaulSouth 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.