The tropical hurricane Beta is churning in the Gulf of Mexico, prompting forecasters to monitor the storm’s spread from the high seas of Texas to Port Aranas. The storm is expected to strengthen gradually, with beta forecasts – or near – storm strength on Sunday night or Monday.
This hurricane is fresh to form in a very active Atlantic hurricane season – so active The names of the traditional storm predictors are gone And proceeded to use the Greek letter to name the new storms. This has happened only twice in history.
On Friday, three new storms hit the same day: Wilfred – using the last part of the traditional names – followed by alpha and beta.
Meteorologist Philip tweeted, “Three hurricanes named Atlantic formed today: September 18, 2020 – #Wilford #Alpha #Beta. There was only one more time on record that the Atlantic created 3 hurricane names on the same calendar day. , 15 August 1893, “Meteorologist Philip tweeted Klotzbach.
Beta Texas was located about 305 miles southeast of Christie’s, Texas, and about 245 miles south of Lake Louisiana on Saturday afternoon. It was blowing winds of 60 miles per hour and moving west at 2 miles per hour.
“On the way to the forecast, the beta center will gradually move closer to the Texas coast early next week.” The National Hurricane Center said.
Beta asked for a hurricane watch for coastal areas of Texas and Louisiana, as well as a hurricane watch from south of Port Arenas in Texas to the mouth of the Rio Grande, and from Morgan City east of Texas High Island. , Louisiana.
The National Hurricane Center predicts a 4-foot storm surge. It warned of prolonged rains along the west coast and warned of flash floods and urban flooding.
