The 2010 season

Cyclone Paul (2010)

Cyclone Paul reached Category 1 in the South Pacific between March 24, 2010 and April 2, 2010, with a lowest pressure of 970 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Paul, 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
March 24, 2010 to April 2, 2010
Peak strength
Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
Lowest pressure
970 mb (28.64 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
3.1
Identifier
SH222010

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Mar 24, 12:008.5S 138.0E15 kt1006 mbNot reported
Mar 24, 18:008.8S 137.1E15 kt1004 mbNot reported
Mar 25, 00:009.1S 136.5E20 kt1006 mbNot reported
Mar 25, 06:009.2S 136.0E20 kt1004 mbNot reported
Mar 25, 12:009.3S 135.6E20 kt1006 mbNot reported
Mar 25, 18:009.4S 135.3E20 kt1004 mbNot reported
Mar 26, 00:009.4S 135.1E20 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Mar 26, 06:009.9S 135.2E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Mar 26, 12:0010.3S 135.5E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Mar 26, 18:0010.5S 135.9E25 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Mar 27, 00:0010.7S 136.4E25 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Mar 27, 06:0011.9S 136.5E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Mar 27, 12:0012.4S 136.6E30 kt1000 mbDisturbance
Mar 27, 18:0012.8S 136.6E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Mar 28, 00:0012.9S 136.6E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Mar 28, 06:0013.0S 136.6E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Mar 28, 12:0013.1S 136.6E45 kt989 mbTropical storm
Mar 28, 18:0013.2S 136.6E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Mar 29, 00:0013.3S 136.5E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Mar 29, 06:0013.3S 136.3E65 kt974 mbTyphoon
Mar 29, 12:0013.4S 136.0E70 kt970 mbTyphoon
Mar 29, 18:0013.3S 135.6E60 kt978 mbTropical storm
Mar 30, 00:0013.3S 135.3E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Mar 30, 06:0013.4S 134.9E40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Mar 30, 12:0013.3S 134.5E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Mar 30, 18:0013.2S 134.7E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Mar 31, 00:0013.8S 134.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Mar 31, 06:0014.1S 135.8E30 kt996 mbTropical storm
Mar 31, 12:0014.1S 136.1E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Mar 31, 18:0014.2S 136.5E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Apr 1, 00:0014.7S 136.8E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Apr 1, 06:0015.3S 137.2E30 kt999 mbTropical storm
Apr 1, 12:0016.1S 137.9E30 kt998 mbTropical storm
Apr 1, 18:0016.3S 138.3E30 kt999 mbTropical storm
Apr 2, 00:0016.5S 138.2E25 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Apr 2, 06:0016.7S 137.8E25 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Apr 2, 12:0016.8S 137.5E20 kt1003 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.