The red arrows represent the range of where I forecast landfall of Beryl's center.  I now believe the entire Texas Gulf Coast is in play as to landfall. I was leaning toward that change in this forecast update. The arrival of the 18Z European Model forecast sealed it.  Wind Speed Forecast: if Beryl strikes near or south of Corpus Christi, wind speeds will be around 85-90 mph. If the storm strikes north of Corpus, wind speeds could be in the 90-100 mph range.  Tbe National Hurricane Center's Hurricane Watch is shown in pink along the central and southern Texas coast. I believe they will have to extend the watch farther north in later advisories.  The flood forecast is here . There will also be a storm surge near and north of where the center makes landfall. Finally, there will be a few tornadoes.  I will update this forecast again Saturday morning 

  Licensed from iSpot Tweeted Saturday by a genuine climate scientist: Zeek is referring to the Diablo nuclear power plant which is scheduled to be shut down shortly. While I don't care for the phrase "polluting fossil gas" as the increased carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere has increased agricultural productivity, think carefully about his assertion.  One of jillions of California's wind turbines Below is a graph of renewable energy by state. California has about 33 GW of solar and wind. I'd like to make a second point for you to consider and that is how trivial the amount of electricity generated by windmills and rooftop solar actually is. One-third (!) of America's solar installations are in California (orange above). It was the early pioneer in wind energy (blue above). It is the only state with utility-scale solar (yellow). Yet, all of that electrical output is negated by the removal of just one nuclear plant. And, building a nuke could have done for ...