Hurricane Beta 2020 Now
Tropical storm beta was a tropical cyclone that brought heavy rainfall flooding and severe weather to the southeastern united states in september 2020.
Hurricane beta 2020 now. This hurricane season now shares the record with 1916 for the most landfalling named. Ne at 14 mph min pressure. Nasa calculated rainfall rates within the storm to give forecasters an idea of its soaking potential. 7 00 pm est sat nov 7 location.
With beta making landfall in texas last night it is now the ninth named storm to make landfall in 2020. The twenty second tropical depression and twenty third tropical or subtropical storm of the record breaking 2020 atlantic hurricane season beta originally formed from a trough of low pressure that developed in the northeastern gulf of mexico. The hurricane centre said. Atlantic hurricane season lasts from june to november and already the 2020 season has seen the most storms in the shortest amount of time in recorded history.
When yet another tempest formed in the afternoon in the western gulf of mexico it was named beta. On average through 9 18 the atlantic has had 8 named storms and. 991 mb max sustained. National hurricane center home page.
Beta weakened to a tropical depression tuesday as it parked itself over the texas coast. Excessive rainfall topped a foot in parts of texas as the storm nearly stalled tuesday morning leaving scenes of flooded roadways and people stranded in high waters. Additional storms will be named by letters in the greek alphabet. Now a tropical storm.
Central report for september 19 that beta was at 26 6 n and 92 7 w about 305 miles east southeast of corpus christi texas and about 245 miles. 21 2020 nasa looks at rainfall potential in tropical storm beta tropical storm beta is forecast to be a soaker because of its rainfall potential and its forecast slow movement along the texas coast. The national hurricane center noted in its 1 p m. The 2020 atlantic hurricane season names list has been used up already.