Hurricane Beryl tracker: Map and projected storm path
2024-07-03T13:52:43.745ZHurricane Beryl is now a Category 4, downgraded from a “potentially catastrophic” Category 5 hurricane by the National Hurricane Center — the first ever to reach that strength in the Atlantic during the month of July.While forecasts indicate that Beryl is weakening, the hurricane is still expected to bring “life threatening winds and storm surge” to Jamaica on Wednesday and the Cayman Islands Wednesday night.Beryl will bring hurricane conditions to the coast of Jamaica on Wednesday and to the Cayman Islands Wednesday night and Thursday. The hurricane will turn further west and is expected to continue weakening before reaching the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico later that night.Through the weekend and into early next week, The Washington Post’s Matthew Cappucci and Amanda Coletta reports there’s a slim possibility that Beryl could pose a risk to coastal Mexico and South Texas as it moves west or if it were to turn north over the gulf to coastal Texas and Louisiana.The storm, fueled by record-warm waters, made landfall on Grenada’s Carriacou Island on Monday as an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 hurricane before it strengthened to a Category 5 later that night. The rate at which Beryl strengthen and its intensity is extremely unusual for this time of year.On Tuesday, Grenada and the nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines were reeling from a storm that probably will be the region’s most intense hurricane on record.Hurricane season historically peaks around mid-September, and this season could be the worst in decades, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says. Government meteorologists predict 17 to 25 tropical storms this year, including four to seven that could become major hurricanes.
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Hurricane Beryl is now a Category 4, downgraded from a “potentially catastrophic” Category 5 hurricane by the National Hurricane Center — the first ever to reach that strength in the Atlantic during the month of July.
While forecasts indicate that Beryl is weakening, the hurricane is still expected to bring “life threatening winds and storm surge” to Jamaica on Wednesday and the Cayman Islands Wednesday night.
Beryl will bring hurricane conditions to the coast of Jamaica on Wednesday and to the Cayman Islands Wednesday night and Thursday. The hurricane will turn further west and is expected to continue weakening before reaching the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico later that night.
Through the weekend and into early next week, The Washington Post’s Matthew Cappucci and Amanda Coletta reports there’s a slim possibility that Beryl could pose a risk to coastal Mexico and South Texas as it moves west or if it were to turn north over the gulf to coastal Texas and Louisiana.
The storm, fueled by record-warm waters, made landfall on Grenada’s Carriacou Island on Monday as an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 hurricane before it strengthened to a Category 5 later that night. The rate at which Beryl strengthen and its intensity is extremely unusual for this time of year.
On Tuesday, Grenada and the nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines were reeling from a storm that probably will be the region’s most intense hurricane on record.
Hurricane season historically peaks around mid-September, and this season could be the worst in decades, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says. Government meteorologists predict 17 to 25 tropical storms this year, including four to seven that could become major hurricanes.
