The seventh named Name_conferral storm of the 1978 Atlantic hurricane season , Greta formed Coming_to_be from a tropical wave just northwest of Trinidad on September 13 , and despite being in a climatologically unfavorable area , gradually intensified Cause_change_of_strength while moving Motion west-northwestward .

After reaching Arriving peak winds of 130 mph ( 215 km/h ) that day , Greta weakened while paralleling the northern Honduras coast just offshore .

Taking a similar path to Hurricane Fifi four years prior , Greta threatened Warning to reproduce the devastating Catastrophe effects of the catastrophic storm Catastrophe ; however , damage Damaging and loss of life was significantly less than feared Change_sentiment .

In the Belize Barrier Reef , Greta downed Ingestion trees and produced Manufacturing high waves , while on the mainland , there was minimal flooding Motion despite a high storm surge .