Cyclone Pat (2010)
Cyclone Pat reached Category 2 in the South Pacific between February 6, 2010 and February 12, 2010, with a lowest pressure of 956 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Pat, 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
- February 6, 2010 to February 12, 2010
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 956 mb (28.23 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 900 km (559 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 7.1
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 75 nmi (139 km, 86 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 160 nmi (296 km, 184 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 17 kt (20 mph)
- Identifier
- SH142010
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 18:00 | 8.5S 165.7W | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 7, 00:00 | 8.7S 165.1W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 7, 06:00 | 9.2S 164.4W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 7, 12:00 | 9.9S 163.4W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Disturbance |
| Feb 7, 18:00 | 10.6S 162.4W | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 8, 00:00 | 11.4S 161.5W | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 8, 06:00 | 12.4S 160.8W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 8, 12:00 | 13.2S 160.1W | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 8, 18:00 | 13.8S 159.6W | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 9, 00:00 | 14.5S 159.3W | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 9, 06:00 | 15.2S 159.1W | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 9, 12:00 | 15.9S 158.9W | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 9, 18:00 | 16.6S 158.9W | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 10, 00:00 | 17.4S 159.1W | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 10, 06:00 | 18.1S 159.3W | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 10, 12:00 | 18.6S 159.6W | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 10, 18:00 | 19.2S 160.1W | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 11, 00:00 | 20.0S 161.1W | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Feb 11, 06:00 | 20.9S 162.4W | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 11, 12:00 | 21.6S 163.8W | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Feb 11, 18:00 | 22.0S 165.6W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Feb 12, 00:00 | 22.2S 166.6W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
Other South Pacific storms of 2010
- Cyclone LaurenceSouth Pacific · 2010
- Cyclone MickSouth Pacific · 2010
- Tropical Storm NevilleSouth Pacific · 2010
- Tropical Storm OlgaSouth Pacific · 2010
- Tropical Storm NishaSouth Pacific · 2010
- Cyclone OliSouth 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.