Hurricane Beta / CAT 3

Taken from NOAA 4am update. serious rainmaker. Hope everyone in the area is on high ground.

AT 4 AM EST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE BETA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.0 NORTH... LONGITUDE 83.4 WEST OR ABOUT 140 MILES... 225 KM... SOUTH OF CABO GRACIAS A DIOS ON THE NICARAGUA/HONDURAS ...110 KM...SOUTH OF PUERTO CABEZAS NICARAGUA.

ALTHOUGH POWERFUL... BETA IS A SMALL HURRICANE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES... 30 KM... FROM THE CENTER... AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES... 95 KM.

STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 12 TO 17 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE EASTERN COAST OF NICARAGUA NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL.

HURRICANE BETA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WITH TOTALS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ACROSS NICARAGUA AND EASTERN HONDURAS... WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 25 INCHES POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST FOR SAN ANDRES AND PROVIDENCIA WHERE ISOLATED STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS COULD APPROACH 25 INCHES.