Cyclone Oli (2010)
Cyclone Oli reached Category 4 in the South Pacific between January 29, 2010 and February 8, 2010, with a lowest pressure of 937 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Oli, 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 29, 2010 to February 8, 2010
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 937 mb (27.67 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 291 km (181 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 14.7
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 170 nmi (315 km, 196 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 35 nmi (65 km, 40 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 275 nmi (509 km, 316 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 39 kt (45 mph)
- Identifier
- SH122010
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 29, 06:00 | 12.0S 176.5E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 29, 12:00 | 12.3S 177.5E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 29, 18:00 | 12.0S 178.8E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 30, 00:00 | 11.9S 180.0E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Not reported |
| Jan 30, 06:00 | 10.9S 176.9W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 30, 12:00 | 10.7S 175.4W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 30, 18:00 | 10.8S 174.0W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 31, 00:00 | 10.8S 172.6W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 31, 06:00 | 10.7S 171.2W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 31, 12:00 | 10.8S 169.7W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jan 31, 18:00 | 11.2S 168.0W | 30 kt | 997 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 1, 00:00 | 11.7S 166.2W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 1, 06:00 | 12.6S 164.5W | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 1, 12:00 | 13.4S 163.1W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 1, 18:00 | 13.9S 162.1W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 2, 00:00 | 14.2S 161.4W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 2, 06:00 | 14.2S 160.6W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 2, 12:00 | 14.6S 159.6W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 2, 18:00 | 15.0S 158.5W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 3, 00:00 | 15.3S 157.4W | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 3, 06:00 | 15.5S 156.3W | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 3, 12:00 | 15.8S 155.2W | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 3, 18:00 | 16.4S 154.2W | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 4, 00:00 | 17.1S 153.4W | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 4, 06:00 | 17.9S 152.7W | 95 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 4, 12:00 | 18.8S 152.2W | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 4, 18:00 | 19.7S 151.7W | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 5, 00:00 | 20.6S 151.2W | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 5, 06:00 | 21.6S 150.5W | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 5, 12:00 | 22.8S 149.7W | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 5, 18:00 | 24.1S 148.9W | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 6, 00:00 | 25.6S 148.0W | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 6, 06:00 | 27.1S 146.8W | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 6, 12:00 | 28.5S 145.5W | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 6, 18:00 | 29.8S 144.1W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Extratropical |
| Feb 7, 00:00 | 31.3S 141.7W | 40 kt | 993 mb | Extratropical |
| Feb 7, 06:00 | 32.7S 222.4E | 50 kt | 990 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 7, 12:00 | 33.5S 225.1E | 50 kt | 992 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 7, 18:00 | 35.0S 228.9E | 40 kt | 997 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 8, 00:00 | 37.3S 232.4E | 35 kt | 999 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 8, 06:00 | 38.6S 235.3E | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 8, 12:00 | 39.4S 239.0E | 40 kt | 997 mb | Not reported |
| Feb 8, 18:00 | 40.2S 242.0E | Not reported |
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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.