Unnamed tropical storm (2010)
Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 45 kt in the South Atlantic between March 8, 2010 and March 12, 2010, with a lowest pressure of 995 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed tropical storm, 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 Atlantic
- Dates
- March 8, 2010 to March 12, 2010
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 995 mb (29.38 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 135 km (84 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.0
- Identifier
- SL502010
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 8, 00:00 | 25.2S 42.6W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Low |
| Mar 8, 06:00 | 26.0S 42.6W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Mar 8, 12:00 | 27.3S 42.6W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Mar 8, 18:00 | 29.3S 44.3W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Mar 9, 00:00 | 30.0S 45.5W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Mar 9, 06:00 | 30.4S 46.6W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Mar 9, 12:00 | 30.5S 48.2W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Mar 9, 18:00 | 30.1S 48.4W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Low |
| Mar 10, 00:00 | 29.8S 48.2W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Low |
| Mar 10, 06:00 | 29.6S 48.0W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Low |
| Mar 10, 12:00 | 29.7S 47.5W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Low |
| Mar 10, 18:00 | 29.8S 46.7W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Low |
| Mar 11, 00:00 | 30.0S 45.8W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Low |
| Mar 11, 06:00 | 30.9S 44.9W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Low |
| Mar 11, 12:00 | 31.9S 44.0W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Low |
| Mar 11, 18:00 | 32.9S 42.3W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Low |
| Mar 12, 00:00 | 33.6S 40.5W | 45 kt | 995 mb | Low |
| Mar 12, 06:00 | 34.8S 37.8W | 45 kt | 995 mb | Low |
| Mar 12, 12:00 | 36.5S 34.8W | 45 kt | 995 mb | Low |
| Mar 12, 18:00 | 38.0S 31.3W | 45 kt | 995 mb | Low |
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.