October 30, 200521 yr Historic storm again. I wonder how they will go about retiring it if it comes to that.
October 30, 200521 yr Hurricane Beta becomes the 8th Major Hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic season.....what an incredible year. 000 WTNT31 KNHC 300851 TCPAT1 BULLETIN HURRICANE BETA ADVISORY NUMBER 14 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 4 AM EST SUN OCT 30 2005 ...HURRICANE BETA REACHES CATEGORY THREE INTENSITY WITH 115 MPH WINDS JUST OFF THE COAST OF NICARAGUA... THE CENTER OF THE HURRICANE IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL ON THE EAST COAST OF NICARAGUA WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND THEN PROCEED INLAND LATER TODAY. BETA IS A DANGEROUS CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. ALTHOUGH POWERFUL... BETA IS A SMALL HURRICANE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES... 30 KM... FROM THE CENTER.. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 960 MB...28.35 INCHES. HURRICANE BETA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WITH TOTALS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ACROSS NICARAGUA AND EASTERN HONDURAS... WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 25 INCHES POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST FOR SAN ANDRES AND PROVIDENCIA WHERE ISOLATED STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS COULD APPROACH 25 INCHES. FORECASTER KNABB
October 30, 200521 yr Historic storm again. I wonder how they will go about retiring it if it comes to that. They likely will retire it since it is going to wreak substantial havoc in Central America. Do they just skip Beta the next time through the Greek alphabet? Or should they establish an auxiliary list of names for the Atlantic?
October 30, 200521 yr Historic storm again. I wonder how they will go about retiring it if it comes to that. They likely will retire it since it is going to wreak substantial havoc in Central America. Do they just skip Beta the next time through the Greek alphabet? Or should they establish an auxiliary list of names for the Atlantic? I'd imagine the WMO will and should establish an auxiliary list of names. I don't think they ever planned on using Greek letters though.
October 31, 200521 yr Here's something for all of us to do while we wait to recover from Hurricane Wilma. Let's brush up on our Greek Alphabet Alpha (done) Beta (d0ne) Gamma (somewhere out off the coast of Africa) Delta (brewing in the Carribbean) Epsilon Zeta Eta Theta Iota Kappa Lambda Mu Nu Xi Omicron Pi Rho Sigma Tau Upsilon Phi Chi Psi Omega
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