The National Hurricane Center (NHC) once again took the time to draw names from the Greek alphabet. It was the 2005 hurricane.
Is now in beta.
A few hours after the alpha was named, it was named Tropical Storm Beta in the Gulf of Mexico.
The beta is expected to strengthen this week as it slowly tracks northwest along the Texas coast. However, the beta probably won’t intensify in a hurricane.
The NHC said Saturday morning that “intensity guidance has turned down to the point where no model is currently predicting a beta to become a hurricane.”
The biggest threat to Beta will be heavy rainfall that could cause flash floods. With different locations of 8 to 10 inches, the accumulation of extensive rainfall will be from 4 to 6 inches.
“The expected slowdown in beta is likely to produce long-term rainfall over the western Gulf Coast,” according to the NHC. The beta slowed from 12 mph to 3 mph on Saturday morning.
Areas of Texas and Louisiana are also affected by storm surge clocks, with some places expecting a 2 to 4 foot surge. This increase, along with heavy rainfall, could lead to major flooding in parts of Texas and Louisiana.
Recordbreaking season
2005 Historic 2005 Atlantic hurricane season Tu produced so many named storms that it reached the letter Zeta in the Greek alphabet. That means there were a total of 27 named storms in the season; Most in any season.
With more than two months left until the end of the Atlantic hurricane season, the number of hurricanes called 2020 has surpassed 2005. Already this year is much faster than the 2005 season. In 2005, Tropical Storm Alpha was renamed October 22. In 2020, Alpha was renamed September 18, about five weeks before the 2005 hurricane of the same name.
Hurricanes of every name so far this season, except for three (Arthur, Berth and Dolly Lee) set their own personal record for the first named hurricane in recorded history.
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