ATL: BETA - Remnants - Discussion
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Re: ATL: BETA - Tropical Storm - Discussion
the visible satellite and radar gives the impression it's moving west again staying offshore?
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Re: ATL: BETA - Tropical Storm - Discussion
stormlover2013 wrote:Looks stalled
Movement is hard to discern on radar because the inner core is so dry. I agree though; it’s looked stalled out to me for a little while now, just offshore Matagorda Bay.
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Re: ATL: BETA - Tropical Storm - Discussion
stormlover2013 wrote:Looks stalled
Yea it sure does. Hasn’t seemed to move at all since noon. Possibly moved a tad bit away from the coast but can’t tell.
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Re: ATL: BETA - Tropical Storm - Discussion
No squalls around the center any longer. It's been next to a couple of buoys all day and max winds I've seen were about 25 kts. I know recon found SFMR winds of 40-45 kts, but FL winds are only 40 kts and there are no squalls to carry that wind to the surface. I don't believe those SFMR winds reflect true surface winds. This may be a TS landfall in name only. Doubt it has any TS winds now. Measured a nice, steady 1.82" today in SW Houston. My yard is saying "ahhhh".
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After this, we Beta have something more interesting and worthy to track this season, and it Beta not be a monstrous land threat like Laura.
And I promise I’m done with these terrible Beta puns.
And I promise I’m done with these terrible Beta puns.
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Re: ATL: BETA - Tropical Storm - Discussion
wxman57 wrote:No squalls around the center any longer. It's been next to a couple of buoys all day and max winds I've seen were about 25 kts. I know recon found SFMR winds of 40-45 kts, but FL winds are only 40 kts and there are no squalls to carry that wind to the surface. I don't believe those SFMR winds reflect true surface winds. This may be a TS landfall in name only. Doubt it has any TS winds now. Measured a nice, steady 1.82" today in SW Houston. My yard is saying "ahhhh".
Wouldn’t those be pressure gradient winds due to proximity of a surface low? And thus, still at the surface?
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wx98 wrote:wxman57 wrote:No squalls around the center any longer. It's been next to a couple of buoys all day and max winds I've seen were about 25 kts. I know recon found SFMR winds of 40-45 kts, but FL winds are only 40 kts and there are no squalls to carry that wind to the surface. I don't believe those SFMR winds reflect true surface winds. This may be a TS landfall in name only. Doubt it has any TS winds now. Measured a nice, steady 1.82" today in SW Houston. My yard is saying "ahhhh".
Wouldn’t those be pressure gradient winds due to proximity of a surface low? And thus, still at the surface?
Fewer than 1% without power any county in Texas, which is the no TS wind criteria I use.
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Nimbus wrote:wx98 wrote:wxman57 wrote:No squalls around the center any longer. It's been next to a couple of buoys all day and max winds I've seen were about 25 kts. I know recon found SFMR winds of 40-45 kts, but FL winds are only 40 kts and there are no squalls to carry that wind to the surface. I don't believe those SFMR winds reflect true surface winds. This may be a TS landfall in name only. Doubt it has any TS winds now. Measured a nice, steady 1.82" today in SW Houston. My yard is saying "ahhhh".
Wouldn’t those be pressure gradient winds due to proximity of a surface low? And thus, still at the surface?
Fewer than 1% without power any county in Texas, which is the no TS wind criteria I use.
If there are any TS winds, they’re offshore. Doubt there will be onshore...
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Re: ATL: BETA - Tropical Storm - Discussion
We are just east of Richmond on Hwy 59(I69). We've had steady rain, mist, downpours, and everything but dry since about 2pm yesterday. We are at 6.5" total rainfall at 7:30 pm tonight.The winds aren't remarkable but fairly steady.
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Re: ATL: BETA - Tropical Storm - Discussion
Beta has more convection on land then it does near the center over water. Is that because the northwest side is hitting that dry line from the front?
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Re: ATL: BETA - Tropical Storm - Discussion
36kt sustained gusting 46kt at Matagorda Bay Channel, elevated 12m.
think we found the TS winds
think we found the TS winds

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Re: ATL: BETA - Tropical Storm - Discussion
Seeing pretty significant amounts of rain still to fall in SE TX over the next couple of days on the short range models. So far 3.66" here.
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Re: ATL: BETA - Tropical Storm - Discussion
aspen wrote:After this, we Beta have something more interesting and worthy to track this season, and it Beta not be a monstrous land threat like Laura.
And I promise I’m done with these terrible Beta puns.
You Beta be...

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Re: ATL: BETA - Tropical Storm - Discussion
Figure I won't get much until tomorrow in SE Montgomery county and hoping it won't be as much as Houston is getting now.
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Re: ATL: BETA - Tropical Storm - Discussion
aspen wrote:After this, we Beta have something more interesting and worthy to track this season, and it Beta not be a monstrous land threat like Laura.
And I promise I’m done with these terrible Beta puns.
You Beta watch out... There's a Gamma-ray incoming

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Re: ATL: BETA - Tropical Storm - Discussion
ronyan wrote:Seeing pretty significant amounts of rain still to fall in SE TX over the next couple of days on the short range models. So far 3.66" here.
Anyone have rain totals for Houston?
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Garnetcat5 wrote:ronyan wrote:Seeing pretty significant amounts of rain still to fall in SE TX over the next couple of days on the short range models. So far 3.66" here.
Anyone have rain totals for Houston?
About 1-1.5" for downtown. Many 5-6"+ totals to the south peaking at 7.28".
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Re: ATL: BETA - Tropical Storm - Discussion
Beta has now made landfall, according to the NHC:
That is the 10th tropical cyclone landfall on the continental US so far this year, and the 9th at TS intensity or greater. (In case you've forgotten, the others were Bertha, Cristobal, Fay, Hanna, Isaias, Marco, Laura, and Sally.)
...CENTER OF BETA CROSSES THE TEXAS COAST NEAR THE SOUTHERN END OF
MATAGORDA PENINSULA...
Surface observations received after the issuance of the previous
advisory indicate that Beta's center crossed the Texas coast near
the southern end of Matagorda Peninsula around 10 PM CDT.
MATAGORDA PENINSULA...
Surface observations received after the issuance of the previous
advisory indicate that Beta's center crossed the Texas coast near
the southern end of Matagorda Peninsula around 10 PM CDT.
That is the 10th tropical cyclone landfall on the continental US so far this year, and the 9th at TS intensity or greater. (In case you've forgotten, the others were Bertha, Cristobal, Fay, Hanna, Isaias, Marco, Laura, and Sally.)
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Re: ATL: BETA - Tropical Storm - Discussion
us89 wrote:Beta has now made landfall, according to the NHC:...CENTER OF BETA CROSSES THE TEXAS COAST NEAR THE SOUTHERN END OF
MATAGORDA PENINSULA...
Surface observations received after the issuance of the previous
advisory indicate that Beta's center crossed the Texas coast near
the southern end of Matagorda Peninsula around 10 PM CDT.
That is the 10th tropical cyclone landfall on the continental US so far this year, and the 9th at TS intensity or greater. (In case you've forgotten, the others were Bertha, Cristobal, Fay, Hanna, Isaias, Marco, Laura, and Sally.)
Wait, what was the Tropical Depression that made landfall?
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