Tropical Storm Beta Forms in Caribbean

Posted on October 27, 2005

Tropical Storm Beta, the 23rd named storm of this extraordinarily busy year, has formed in the Caribbean. The current forecast from the National Hurricane Center has Beta becoming a Category 2 Hurricane and making landfall on the coast of Nicaragua. A couple computer models show Beta as a threat to Florida but the NHC does not think this scenario is likely.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT TWO MODELS WHICH BRING BETA NORTHWARD TOWARD CUBA AND FLORIDA...LBAR AND THE CANADIAN...HAVE SHOWN A NORTHWARD BIAS IN PREVIOUS SIMILAR SITUATIONS. THEREFORE...WHILE NOT BEING RULED OUT AS POSSIBILITIES THEY ARE BEING GIVEN LITTLE WEIGHT AT THIS TIME.

The next named storm in this record breaking season will be named Gamma. If more storm develop after Gamma they will be named Delta, Epsilon, Zeta and onward deeper into the Greek Alphabet.