Tropical Storm Namtheun (2010)
Tropical Storm Namtheun peaked at 40 kt in the Western Pacific between August 29, 2010 and August 31, 2010, with a lowest pressure of 993 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Namtheun, 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
- August 29, 2010 to August 31, 2010
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 993 mb (29.32 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 23 km (14 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.7
- Identifier
- WP092010
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 00:00 | 24.9N 124.5E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 29, 06:00 | 25.3N 124.0E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 29, 12:00 | 25.7N 123.7E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 29, 18:00 | 25.9N 123.5E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Aug 30, 00:00 | 26.0N 123.2E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 30, 06:00 | 26.0N 122.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 30, 12:00 | 26.1N 122.0E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 30, 18:00 | 25.6N 121.4E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 31, 00:00 | 25.5N 120.7E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 31, 06:00 | 25.4N 120.2E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 31, 12:00 | 25.1N 119.8E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 31, 18:00 | 24.9N 119.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
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 MalouWestern Pacific · 2010
- Typhoon MerantiWestern Pacific · 2010
- Typhoon FanapiWestern Pacific · 2010
- Typhoon MalakasWestern Pacific · 2010
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2010
- Super Typhoon MegiWestern 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.