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?
400 AM CDT NHC Discussion20 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.