Cyclone Phet (2010)
Cyclone Phet reached Category 4 in the North Indian between May 30, 2010 and June 7, 2010, with a lowest pressure of 929 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Phet, 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
- North Indian
- Dates
- May 30, 2010 to June 7, 2010
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 929 mb (27.43 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 14.7
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 135 nmi (250 km, 155 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 45 nmi (83 km, 52 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 25 kt (29 mph)
- Identifier
- IO032010
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 12:00 | 14.4N 65.0E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| May 30, 18:00 | 14.5N 64.7E | 20 kt | 1005 mb | Disturbance |
| May 31, 00:00 | 14.5N 64.4E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 31, 06:00 | 14.7N 64.2E | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 31, 12:00 | 15.0N 64.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 31, 18:00 | 15.4N 63.7E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 1, 00:00 | 15.8N 63.2E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 1, 06:00 | 16.3N 62.7E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 1, 12:00 | 16.8N 62.3E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 1, 18:00 | 17.1N 61.6E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 2, 00:00 | 17.4N 61.0E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 2, 06:00 | 17.8N 60.5E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 2, 12:00 | 18.2N 60.0E | 125 kt | 929 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 2, 18:00 | 18.4N 59.7E | 120 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 3, 00:00 | 18.5N 59.6E | 120 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 3, 06:00 | 19.1N 59.6E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 3, 12:00 | 20.0N 59.5E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 3, 18:00 | 20.8N 59.2E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 4, 00:00 | 21.5N 59.1E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 4, 06:00 | 22.3N 59.2E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 4, 12:00 | 23.0N 59.4E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 4, 18:00 | 23.6N 59.7E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 5, 00:00 | 23.9N 60.3E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 5, 06:00 | 23.8N 61.0E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 5, 12:00 | 23.5N 61.6E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 5, 18:00 | 23.2N 62.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 6, 00:00 | 22.9N 64.1E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 6, 06:00 | 23.4N 65.8E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 6, 12:00 | 24.6N 67.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 6, 18:00 | 25.2N 68.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 7, 00:00 | 26.2N 70.1E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 7, 06:00 | 27.6N 73.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
Other North Indian 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.