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Tropical Storm Beta!
NHC/NOAA ^ | 9/18/2020 | NHC/NOAA

Posted on 09/18/2020 8:15:25 PM PDT by NautiNurse

This is not a Beta test. We have another Gulf of Mexico storm this busy 2020 Atlantic Hurricane season. We ran out of Alphabet names, and moved on to the Greek alphabet. Beta did not wait for the news cycle to end following the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

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NHC Public Advisories

NHC Forecast Discussions

Key Messages for Beta

Naval Oceanographic Tropical

GOES Satellite Loops

Corpus Christi Radar

Houston/Galveston Radar

Bouy Locations with Beta's Forecast Track


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: beta; notagreekone; ohno; tropical
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To: 38special
Wait what? I thought it was supposed to move west.

The storm has been meandering. The slight eastward motion was short lived. Beta is now creeping WNW at ~3 MPH.

61 posted on 09/20/2020 5:28:33 AM PDT by NautiNurse (Put $5000 cash in an envelope. Mail it to yourself. If this makes you queasy, vote at the polls.)
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To: All
Beta Moving Slowly WNW Toward the TX Coast...

700 AM CDT Update
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Location...About 200 MI SE of Galveston TX
...About 290 MI E of Corpus Christi TX...
Max Sustained Winds...60 MPH
Moving...WNW at 3 MPH
Minimum Pressure...997 MB

Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 195 miles.

62 posted on 09/20/2020 5:34:58 AM PDT by NautiNurse (Put $5000 cash in an envelope. Mail it to yourself. If this makes you queasy, vote at the polls.)
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To: palmer

It’s like counting covid or PacMan. High score wins!


63 posted on 09/20/2020 5:40:58 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (With age comes wisdom or well practiced ignorance)
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To: varina davis

thanks, I like https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/ too


64 posted on 09/20/2020 5:41:10 AM PDT by jpsb
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To: GOPJ

What does your tagline mean?


65 posted on 09/20/2020 5:53:53 AM PDT by DrewsMum
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To: NautiNurse

Is it the shearing that’s causing it not to gain power?. It’s been sitting still and yet only maintaining 60 mph winds for 2 or 3 days. Certainly odd to see a storm sit still in the gulf and not gain power.
Surely the water temps can’t be that cool?


66 posted on 09/20/2020 6:00:26 AM PDT by DrewsMum
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To: DrewsMum

400 AM CDT NHC Discussion

20 kt of southwesterly wind shear and a fair amount of dry air, especially
on the west side of the circulation. Since the shear is not expected to
decrease much while Beta moves into an even drier and more stable air
mass, little change in intensity is expected through landfall in 36 to 48
hours.


67 posted on 09/20/2020 6:09:23 AM PDT by NautiNurse (Put $5000 cash in an envelope. Mail it to yourself. If this makes you queasy, vote at the polls.)
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To: DrewsMum
What does your tagline mean?

RBG dedicated her life to the law. She respected our system of laws and understood them. She chose NOT to retire when Obama was President because she did NOT want him choosing her replacement.

RBG was aware of all the implications of vacating her position. By retirement or death...She had access to the press, to leaders in her party, and to 'the written word'....

RBG would not have asked for an exception to our laws to be made in her favor because she was an 'elite' on her death bed. It's not her way, not the way she lived, not the way she ruled on decisions, not part of any philosophy she extolled. She had more class than to ask for special treatment based on being an elite...

Also, IF RBG had wanted to express that 'elites' should have more power than mere citizens, she could have written it up (she wrote beautifully). Her granddaughter was NOT her only option for getting her opinion out.

She's known of her impending death for some time. She had plenty of time to 'get that message out' on her own. IF that had been her choice. It wasn't like she was in a car accident and was surprised by the possibility of dying.

In short my tagline means I believe RBG's granddaughter lied.

68 posted on 09/20/2020 7:59:09 AM PDT by GOPJ ( RBG would NOT pull the 'elite card' & ask to be above the law on her death bed.)
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To: NautiNurse; 38special

Stay away from me, Beta.

See the 'jig' back WNW.

69 posted on 09/20/2020 9:10:31 AM PDT by blam
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To: blam
Big lopsided wind field (outward 195 MI), mainly north of the center. Lake Charles radar is still out of service thanks to Hurricane Laura in August. The Gulf of Mexico can't catch a break this season.

Are you settled back into your normal routine yet following Sally?

70 posted on 09/20/2020 9:22:32 AM PDT by NautiNurse (Put $5000 cash in an envelope. Mail it to yourself. If this makes you queasy, vote at the polls.)
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To: NautiNurse

I made this just for you :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS5DoH8N23M&feature=youtu.be


71 posted on 09/20/2020 9:36:43 AM PDT by jpsb
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To: jpsb
WOW! That is definitely the best local report evuh! Many thanks.

What is your property elevation? The storm is still a couple of hundred miles away, and lapping up those steps. Was it Hurricane Ike that devastated your neighborhood? Awful storm. Hard to believe that was 12 years ago.

72 posted on 09/20/2020 10:00:49 AM PDT by NautiNurse (Put $5000 cash in an envelope. Mail it to yourself. If this makes you queasy, vote at the polls.)
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To: NautiNurse

Twenty years ago I was 12’6” above sea level. Only Ike put water in my house(3’) and Beta is no Ike so I’m not worried. I’ll get you another report tomorrow. Tide should be at least 5’ and then there are the waves on top of that.


73 posted on 09/20/2020 10:16:10 AM PDT by jpsb
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To: GOPJ

Ok. Good points!


74 posted on 09/20/2020 10:22:36 AM PDT by DrewsMum
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To: jpsb

Looking forward to additional storm videos. Thanks.


75 posted on 09/20/2020 10:46:00 AM PDT by NautiNurse (Put $5000 cash in an envelope. Mail it to yourself. If this makes you queasy, vote at the polls.)
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To: kosciusko51
What happens when they run out of Greek letters?

They could do Polish letters, but of course they are only consonants.

76 posted on 09/20/2020 10:48:07 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Beta Has Redeveloped A Little Farther West...

100 PM CDT Update
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Location...About 140 MI SE of Galveston TX
...About 180 MI ESE of Port OConnor TX...
Max Sustained Winds...60 MPH
Moving...WNW at 5 MPH
Minimum Pressure...996 MB

Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 195 miles.

77 posted on 09/20/2020 11:03:46 AM PDT by NautiNurse (Put $5000 cash in an envelope. Mail it to yourself. If this makes you queasy, vote at the polls.)
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To: NautiNurse
"Are you settled back into your normal routine yet following Sally? "

Almost. 95% back to normal.

78 posted on 09/20/2020 1:16:58 PM PDT by blam
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To: NautiNurse

On that chart at the top of this thread....what is that yellow X on Florida...looks like about Tampa?


79 posted on 09/20/2020 1:22:03 PM PDT by blam
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To: blam
On that chart at the top of this thread....what is that yellow X on Florida...looks like about Tampa?

A small low pressure system has moved inland over the south-central
Florida peninsula and is located just to the northwest of Lake
Okeechobee. Although shower activity is currently disorganized, some
development could occur when the low moves westward over the
eastern Gulf of Mexico later tonight and on Monday. However, by late
Tuesday or Wednesday, upper-level winds are expected to become
unfavorable for tropical cyclone formation while the system moves
westward to west-northwestward at about 10 mph. For more
information on this disturbance, please see local products and
High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...10 percent.


80 posted on 09/20/2020 2:34:43 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Put $5000 cash in an envelope. Mail it to yourself. If this makes you queasy, vote at the polls.)
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