TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2010

Six-hourly position and intensity data are tabulated in this section for the following tropical cyclones in 2010 over the western North Pacific and the South China Sea (i.e. the area bounded by the Equator, 45°N, 100°E and 180°).

Name of tropical cyclone
Tropical Storm Omais (1001)	Tropical Storm Malou (1009)
Typhoon Conson (1002)	Severe Tropical Storm Meranti (1010)
Typhoon Chanthu (1003)	Severe Typhoon Fanapi (1011)
Tropical Depression of 19 - 20 July	Severe Typhoon Malakas (1012)
Severe Tropical Storm Dianmu (1004)	Tropical Depression of 5 - 7 October
Severe Tropical Storm Mindulle (1005)	Super Typhoon Megi (1013)
Severe Tropical Storm Lionrock (1006)	Tropical Depression of 21 - 23 October
Typhoon Kompasu (1007)	Severe Typhoon Chaba (1014)
Tropical Storm Namtheun (1008)	Tropical Depression of 19 - 20 December

In this section, surface winds refer to wind speeds averaged over a period of 10 minutes given in the unit of m/s (1 m/s is about 1.94 knots or 3.6 km/h). Intensities of tropical cyclones are classified as follows:-

(a)	T.D.	- tropical depression
(b)	T.S.	- tropical storm
(c)	S.T.S.	- severe tropical storm
(d)	T.	- typhoon
(e)	S.T.	- severe typhoon
(f)	SuperT.	- super typhoon

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