Cyclone Ului (2010)
Cyclone Ului reached Category 5 in the South Pacific between March 10, 2010 and March 22, 2010, with a lowest pressure of 918 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Ului, 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
- March 10, 2010 to March 22, 2010
- Peak strength
- Category 5, 140 kt (161 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 918 mb (27.11 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 32.5
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 165 nmi (306 km, 190 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 50 nmi (93 km, 58 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 235 nmi (435 km, 270 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 140 kt (161 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 16 kt (18 mph)
- Identifier
- SH202010
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 12:00 | 14.6S 168.0E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Mar 10, 18:00 | 14.5S 167.8E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 11, 00:00 | 14.5S 167.6E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 11, 06:00 | 14.6S 167.4E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 11, 12:00 | 14.7S 167.2E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 11, 18:00 | 14.8S 166.9E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 12, 00:00 | 14.8S 166.5E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 12, 06:00 | 14.5S 165.8E | 40 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 12, 12:00 | 14.1S 165.3E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 12, 18:00 | 14.0S 164.7E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 13, 00:00 | 13.6S 164.2E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 13, 06:00 | 13.2S 163.6E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 13, 12:00 | 13.0S 163.0E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 13, 18:00 | 12.8S 162.4E | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| Mar 14, 00:00 | 12.7S 161.8E | 140 kt | 918 mb | Super typhoon |
| Mar 14, 06:00 | 12.8S 161.2E | 135 kt | 922 mb | Super typhoon |
| Mar 14, 12:00 | 12.8S 160.6E | 130 kt | 926 mb | Super typhoon |
| Mar 14, 18:00 | 12.8S 160.0E | 125 kt | 929 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 15, 00:00 | 12.9S 159.5E | 125 kt | 929 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 15, 06:00 | 13.0S 159.1E | 125 kt | 929 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 15, 12:00 | 13.1S 158.7E | 120 kt | 933 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 15, 18:00 | 13.2S 158.3E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 16, 00:00 | 13.3S 158.1E | 115 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 16, 06:00 | 13.4S 158.0E | 110 kt | 941 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 16, 12:00 | 13.5S 157.9E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 16, 18:00 | 13.7S 157.8E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 17, 00:00 | 13.8S 157.8E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 17, 06:00 | 14.0S 157.8E | 105 kt | 944 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 17, 12:00 | 14.3S 158.0E | 100 kt | 948 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 17, 18:00 | 14.7S 158.0E | 90 kt | 956 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 18, 00:00 | 14.9S 157.8E | 85 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 18, 06:00 | 15.3S 157.7E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 18, 12:00 | 15.8S 157.6E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 18, 18:00 | 16.3S 157.3E | 70 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 19, 00:00 | 16.6S 156.8E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 19, 06:00 | 17.1S 156.2E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 19, 12:00 | 18.0S 155.5E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 19, 18:00 | 19.0S 154.4E | 55 kt | 982 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 20, 00:00 | 19.6S 153.0E | 60 kt | 978 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 20, 06:00 | 19.9S 151.6E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 20, 12:00 | 20.1S 149.8E | 75 kt | 967 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 20, 18:00 | 20.5S 148.4E | 65 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 21, 00:00 | 21.0S 146.8E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 21, 06:00 | 21.4S 145.6E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 21, 12:00 | 21.8S 144.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 21, 18:00 | 21.8S 142.7E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 22, 00:00 | 21.9S 141.8E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
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- Tropical Storm OlgaSouth Pacific · 2010
- Tropical Storm NishaSouth Pacific · 2010
- Cyclone OliSouth Pacific · 2010
- Cyclone PatSouth Pacific · 2010
- Cyclone ReneSouth Pacific · 2010
- Tropical Storm SarahSouth Pacific · 2010
- Cyclone TomasSouth 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.