The 2010 season

Tropical Storm Olga (2010)

Tropical Storm Olga peaked at 45 kt in the South Pacific between January 20, 2010 and January 31, 2010, with a lowest pressure of 987 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Olga, 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
South Pacific
Dates
January 20, 2010 to January 31, 2010
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
Lowest pressure
987 mb (29.15 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
2.4
Identifier
SH092010

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jan 20, 00:008.3S 163.0E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Jan 20, 06:009.0S 162.5E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Jan 20, 12:009.2S 162.0E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Jan 20, 18:009.4S 161.5E25 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Jan 21, 00:009.6S 160.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jan 21, 06:0010.0S 160.5E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jan 21, 12:0011.0S 160.0E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jan 21, 18:0011.9S 159.0E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jan 22, 00:0014.8S 155.4E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Jan 22, 06:0015.7S 154.5E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jan 22, 12:0016.1S 153.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 22, 18:0016.4S 151.7E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jan 23, 00:0016.7S 150.3E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Jan 23, 06:0016.5S 149.1E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Jan 23, 12:0015.9S 148.0E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Jan 23, 18:0015.7S 147.3E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Jan 24, 00:0015.8S 146.7E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Jan 24, 06:0016.2S 146.3E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Jan 24, 12:0016.8S 146.1E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jan 24, 18:0017.5S 145.7E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jan 25, 00:0018.3S 144.8E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jan 25, 06:0018.6S 143.3E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jan 25, 12:0018.5S 141.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jan 25, 18:0018.4S 140.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jan 26, 00:0018.0S 139.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 26, 06:0017.5S 138.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 26, 12:0016.9S 137.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 26, 18:0016.7S 137.5E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jan 27, 00:0016.5S 137.2E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jan 27, 06:0016.5S 136.8E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jan 27, 12:0016.3S 136.4E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jan 27, 18:0016.3S 136.1E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jan 28, 00:0016.3S 135.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 28, 06:0016.2S 135.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 28, 12:0016.0S 135.8E30 kt996 mbTropical depression
Jan 28, 18:0015.9S 136.2E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 29, 00:0015.9S 136.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 29, 06:0015.7S 137.6E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 29, 12:0016.3S 139.0E35 kt989 mbTropical storm
Jan 29, 18:0017.2S 140.3E40 kt987 mbTropical storm
Jan 30, 00:0018.5S 141.2E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jan 30, 06:0019.2S 143.3E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 30, 12:0020.7S 145.4E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jan 30, 18:0021.5S 144.0E20 kt993 mbTropical storm
Jan 31, 00:0022.5S 144.5E20 kt995 mbTropical storm

Other South 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.