The 2010 season

Tropical Storm Omeka (2010)

Tropical Storm Omeka peaked at 50 kt in the Western Pacific between December 16, 2010 and December 22, 2010, with a lowest pressure of 997 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Omeka, 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
Western Pacific
Dates
December 16, 2010 to December 22, 2010
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
Lowest pressure
997 mb (29.44 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 1445 km (898 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.8
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) from the center at its widest
Overall size
250 nmi (463 km, 288 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track
55 kt (63 mph)
Fastest the center moved
20 kt (23 mph)
Identifier
CP012010

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Dec 16, 00:0030.0N 175.0E25 kt1006 mbExtratropical
Dec 16, 06:0029.0N 176.0E25 kt1006 mbExtratropical
Dec 16, 12:0028.0N 177.0E25 kt1006 mbExtratropical
Dec 16, 18:0027.0N 179.0E25 kt1005 mbExtratropical
Dec 17, 00:0026.0N 180.0W25 kt1004 mbExtratropical
Dec 17, 06:0025.6N 179.5W25 kt1004 mbExtratropical
Dec 17, 12:0025.0N 179.0W25 kt1004 mbExtratropical
Dec 17, 18:0024.6N 178.7W30 kt1003 mbExtratropical
Dec 18, 00:0024.2N 178.5W30 kt1002 mbSubtropical depression
Dec 18, 06:0023.8N 178.6W30 kt1002 mbSubtropical depression
Dec 18, 12:0023.6N 178.7W35 kt1002 mbSubtropical storm
Dec 18, 18:0023.0N 179.8W35 kt1002 mbSubtropical storm
Dec 19, 00:0022.2N 179.4E40 kt1001 mbSubtropical storm
Dec 19, 06:0021.6N 179.1E45 kt1000 mbSubtropical storm
Dec 19, 12:0021.1N 179.0E50 kt999 mbSubtropical storm
Dec 19, 18:0020.4N 179.1E50 kt999 mbSubtropical storm
Dec 20, 00:0020.1N 179.9E45 kt998 mbSubtropical storm
Dec 20, 06:0020.4N 178.9W45 kt997 mbTropical storm
Dec 20, 12:0021.0N 177.3W45 kt997 mbTropical storm
Dec 20, 18:0022.4N 176.1W35 kt999 mbTropical storm
Dec 21, 00:0023.8N 174.6W35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Dec 21, 06:0025.4N 173.7W35 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Dec 21, 12:0027.0N 173.0W35 kt1002 mbLow
Dec 21, 18:0029.0N 172.6W35 kt1002 mbLow
Dec 22, 00:0030.7N 172.2W30 kt1002 mbLow
Dec 22, 06:0032.2N 172.4W30 kt1004 mbLow
Dec 22, 12:0033.3N 172.3W25 kt1006 mbLow
Dec 22, 18:0034.1N 172.0W25 kt1008 mbLow

Other Western 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.