Subtropical Storm Bettina (2044)

Subtropical Storm Bettina affected a portion of the Southeastern United States in August 2044. It was the second named storm and the first subtropical cyclone of the 2044 Atlantic hurricane season.

Meteorological history
During the last several days of July, a thunderstorm developed over the Florida Peninsula. It stalled over the peninsula for about three days before exiting into the Atlantic Ocean. Once exiting into the vast ocean, it entered the Gulf Stream, where the National Hurricane Center (NHC) gave it a low chance of development. The tropical wave kept gaining strength over the warm Gulf Stream waters, prompting the NHC to upgrade the disturbance's chance of forming to medium. The currents of the Gulf Stream let this particular wave gain more power. It eventually came to the point where the disturbance was classified as Subtropical Storm Bettina by the NHC on July 31, skipping subtropical depression status. Although Bettina quickly got named, its proximity to land never let it strengthen beyond 45 miles per hour (mph). The subtropical storm reached a peak pressure of 999 millibars on August 2, about twelve hours before it made a landfall near Savannah, Georgia, on the evening of August 2. It weakened to a subtropical depression over South Carolina, and could be clearly indentified to a point near Charlotte, North Carolina, where it dissipated on August 3.

Preparations and impact
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