Hurricane Beryl

02 Jul 2024 / The Carribean

Hurricane Beryl made landfall shortly after 11:00 a.m. EDT on Grenada’s Carriacou Island in the Caribbean Sea as a Category 4 storm.

Winds: Gale force winds extend 70-100nm, with the peak distance in the northeast. Beryl will remain compact with the gale force wind radii remaining near 100nm through the next 36 hours, beginning to contract in all quadrants except the northeast. Hurricane force winds currently extend 20-30nm from the center and will remain similar through 60 hours. The current maximum wind speed is 130kt.

Seas: Rough seas currently extend 350-450nm to the north-northeast, while extending 200nm to the south, 300nm to the east, and up to 150nm to the west. Very rough seas currently extend 100-200nm out from the center of the system, with high seas roughly 50-100 miles out. Very high seas currently extend 25-50nm. These will gradually expand as the storm strengthens further over the next 12-36 hours. Maximum significant wave height is currently around 30 feet (9.0m).

Hurricane Beryl remains a powerful category 4 hurricane. The system is expected to weaken slightly over the next 60 hours, but remain a powerful cat 3/4 hurricane until landfall in the Yucatan when weakening is expected before reemerging into the Bay of Campeche.

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