Misplaced Pages

Revision as of 14:45, 29 May 2010

The 2010 Pacific hurricane season is an event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. It officially started May 15, 2010 for the eastern Pacific, and June 1, 2010 for the central Pacific. These dates delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones tend to form in the basin.

Seasonal forecasts

On May 27, 2010, NOAA released their forecast for the 2010 Eastern Pacific and Central Pacific hurricane seasons. They predicted a below-normal level of activity in the Eastern Pacific, with 9 to 15 named storms, of which 4 to 8 were expected to become hurricanes, and 1 to 3 expected to become major hurricanes.

Storms

Tropical Storm Agatha

Tropical Storm Agatha
Current storm status Tropical storm (1-min mean)
Forecast map
As of:	5 a.m. PDT (1200 UTC) May 29
Location:	12.9°N 93.5°W ± 30 nm About 490 mi (785 km) W of Managua
Sustained winds:	30 knots | 35 mph | 55 km/h (1-min mean) gusting to 40 knots | 45 mph | 75 km/h
Pressure:	1005 mbar (hPa) | 29.68 inHg
Movement:	ENE at 4 kt | 5 mph | 7 km/h
See more detailed information.

Formed from a tropical disturbance located near the coast of Central America during the last week of May, it slowly organized into a tropical cyclone on May 29. At this time, it was located south of Managua, Nicaragua. On May 29 at 10:30am, the National Weather Service has said the Tropical Depression One-E is now Tropical Storm Agatha.

Current storm information

As of 5 a.m. PDT (1200 UTC) May 29, Tropical Depression One-E is located within 30 nautical miles of 12.9°N 93.5°W, about 490 mi (785 km) west of Managua. Maximum sustained winds are 30 knots (35 mph, 55 km/h), with stronger gusts. Minimum central pressure is 1005 mbar (29.68 inches), and the system is moving east-northeast at 4 kt (5 mph, 7 km/h).

For latest official information see:

• The NHC's latest public advisory on Tropical Depression One-E.
• The NHC's latest forecast/advisory on Tropical Depression One-E.

Storm names

The following names will be used for named storms that form in East Pacific in 2010. Retired names, if any, will be announced by the World Meteorological Organization in the spring of 2011. The names not retired from this list will be used again in the 2016 season. Names that were not used are marked in gray, and names in bold are storms currently active. This is the same list used in the 2004 season. The first Central Pacific name to be used will be Omeka, if a tropical cyclone forms there.

For the central Pacific Ocean, four consecutive lists are used, with the names used sequentially until exhausted, rather than until the end of the year, due to the low number of storms each year. The next four names are shown here:

Season effects

This is a table of the storms in 2010 and their landfall(s), if any. Deaths in parentheses are additional and indirect (an example of an indirect death would be a traffic accident), but are still storm-related. Damage and deaths include totals while the storm was extratropical or a wave or low.

Template:TC stats table start

|- style="background:#6EC1EA" ! align=left | One-E | style="text-align:left;background:#FFFFFF; color:black" data-sort-value="May 29 – Still Active" | May 29 – Still Active | style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="5"|Tropical depression | style="text-align:center;" | 35 | style="text-align:center;" | 1005 | style="text-align:left;background:#FFFFFF; color:black" | {{{areas}}} | style="text-align:center;background:#FFFFFF; color:black" data-sort-value=""| {{{damage}}} | style="text-align:center;background:#FFFFFF; color:black" data-sort-value=""| {{{deaths}}} | style="text-align:right;background:#FFFFFF; color:black" data-sort-value="0"| Template:TC stats no landfall Template:TC stats impact Template:TC stats table end

See also

Template:Tcportal

• List of Pacific hurricanes
• List of Pacific hurricane seasons
• 2010 Atlantic hurricane season
• 2010 Pacific typhoon season
• 2010 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
• South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons: 2009-10
• Australian region cyclone seasons: 2009-10
• South Pacific cyclone seasons: 2009-10

References

1. ^ Climate Prediction Center, NOAA (May 21, 2009). "NOAA: 2008 Tropical Eastern North Pacific Hurricane Outlook". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved June 11, 2009.
2. Gerald Bell (May 27, 2010). "2010 Eastern Pacific Hurricane Season Outlook". NOAA. Archived from the original on 2010-05-29. Retrieved 28 May 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

External links

• National Hurricane Center Website
• Tropical Cyclone Formation Probability Guidance Product

Template:2010-2019 Pacific hurricane seasons

v t e Tropical cyclones of the 2010 Pacific hurricane season
Timeline
	TSAgatha TDTwo-E TSBlas 5Celia 3Darby TDSix-E TSEstelle TDEight-E 1Frank TDTen-E TDEleven-E TSGeorgette TSOmeka
Category

• 2010 Pacific hurricane season