BETA (Twenty-Six)

billy the squid

and also keep an eye on a development moving into the eastern Carribean.

This is off the coast of Central America.



Advisory
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT1+shtml/270855.shtml

NHC Forcast Map
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT26/refresh/AL2605W5+gif/090717W_sm.gif

All Foecast Models
http://www.sfwmd.gov/org/omd/ops/weather/plots/storm_26.gif

Central American Radar
http://vesta.cira.colostate.edu/rmtc_rainfall1hr3_loop.html

sirpsycho

THE GOVERNMENT OF COLOMBIA HAS ISSUED A
HURRICANE WATCH

That's some season this year and it's not over yet...

billy the squid

thathurricane watch mentioned above is now a hurricane warning.

Beta could become a hurricane by either later tonight or early tomorrow morning local time.

sirpsycho

Tropical Storm Beta now

Looking very like a hurricane shape too...

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/FLOAT/VIS/20.jpg

billy the squid

I wonder if this is going to balloon like wilma did. it looks like a category 1 already from the visual satelite.

sirpsycho

From latest advisory:

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND
BETA COULD BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT. AN AIR FORCE
RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WILL ARRIVE IN BETA SHORTLY.

Could be Hurricane Beta by tomorrow morning

billy the squid

well no change in strength according to the 21 z advisory. It is still moving north.

Mothman

Maximum Sustained Winds Have Increased To Near 75 Mph...120 Km/hr...
With Higher Gusts. This Makes Beta A Category One Hurricane On The
Saffir-simpson Scale. Some Additional Strengthening Is Possible
During The Next 24 Hours.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT1+shtml/290617.shtml?

billy the squid

the much anticipated turn to the west has occoured so it seems. no all that remains is to see how strong beta can get before making landfall. up to 90mph as of the 00z advisory.

billy the squid

picked up a fair amount of strength overnight, now Category three.

Hal1

Lucky for those central american folk Beta didnt grow in strenght. Anyways I found a great little storm tracker, it shows the last 26 named storms and shows you the storm path they where on and monitors any new activity. Interesting stuff.

Linkage: http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3424251# its on the resources sidebar on the right of the page ' 2005 Hurricane Tracker: Harris County Flood Control District.'