Beta strengthened to 50 mph max sustained winds through the morning, and could become a hurricane by tonight or tomorrow. You can definitely make out the cyclonic (counter-clockwise) swirl on the visible satellite loop. Beta will stay in the southwestern Caribbean and cause problems for Nicaragua and Costa Rica, but won’t impact the United States. It still counts as the 23rd named storm of this record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season.

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