User:Icelandic Hurricane/Sandbox/Hurricane Beth (1971)

Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale
Map key
  Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)
  Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
  Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
  Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
  Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
  Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
  Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
  Unknown
Storm type
triangle Extratropical cyclone, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression

An upper level low led to the formation of a tropical depression on August 10 just off the coast of Florida. The storm remained weak for the next 4 days, due to the cooler atmosphere about the storm, but on the 14th, conditions became more favorable, with the depression reaching tropical storm strength, and hurricane strength 12 hours later. Beth quickly moved to the northeast, and hit Nova Scotia as a minimal hurricane on the 16th. Beth became extratropical the next day.

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http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/100/mwr-100-04-0256.pdf

http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:BWyfnIN3_gcJ:www.dandantheweatherman.com/cantriv.html+Hurricane+Beth+1971+flooding&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=40

ftp://ftp.nhc.noaa.gov/pub/storm_archives/atlantic/prelimat/atl1971/beth/prelim01.gif