Tropical Storm Nisha (2010)
Tropical Storm Nisha peaked at 55 kt in the South Pacific between January 26, 2010 and January 31, 2010, with a lowest pressure of 982 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Nisha, 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
- January 26, 2010 to January 31, 2010
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 982 mb (29.00 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 24 km (15 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.1
- Identifier
- SH102010
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 26, 12:00 | 13.8S 176.0W | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 26, 18:00 | 13.8S 174.5W | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 27, 00:00 | 13.5S 173.2W | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Jan 27, 06:00 | 14.3S 171.4W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 27, 12:00 | 15.2S 169.7W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 27, 18:00 | 16.6S 168.7W | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 28, 00:00 | 17.6S 167.5W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 28, 06:00 | 18.6S 166.5W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 28, 12:00 | 19.4S 165.3W | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 28, 18:00 | 19.8S 164.5W | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 29, 00:00 | 20.1S 163.9W | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 29, 06:00 | 20.0S 163.3W | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 29, 12:00 | 19.6S 162.9W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 29, 18:00 | 19.0S 162.5W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 30, 00:00 | 18.4S 162.1W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 30, 06:00 | 18.1S 161.6W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 30, 12:00 | 18.0S 161.1W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 30, 18:00 | 18.0S 160.7W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 31, 00:00 | 17.7S 160.8W | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
Other South Pacific storms of 2010
- Cyclone LaurenceSouth Pacific · 2010
- Cyclone MickSouth Pacific · 2010
- Tropical Storm NevilleSouth Pacific · 2010
- Tropical Storm OlgaSouth 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.