The storm could pose a threat to South Texas from Sunday into Monday.
Hurricane Beryl swept by Jamaica on Wednesday, unleashing flooding rains, damaging winds and a significant ocean surge that inundated coastal areas. The powerful storm came within only a few miles of landfall as the storm’s ring of destructive winds scraped along the southern portion of the island.
“There is an increasing risk of strong winds, storm surge, and heavy rainfall in portions of northeastern Mexico and southern Texas later this weekend,” the National Hurricane Center wrote Thursday morning.the eastern end of the island, and many residents had evacuated their homes. In Kingston, winds gusted to 81 mph and roof damage was reported at Norman Manley International Airport. At least one death has been reported.
The storm was continuing to slowly weaken Thursday as it dealt with wind shear, or a disruptive change of wind speed and/or direction with height. On satellite images, Beryl appeared to be a shell of its former self — it was asymmetric and it no longer contained a well-defined eye. But abnormally warm ocean temperatures were simultaneously helping to counter the effect of the wind shear and sustain the storm.
Beryl will then enter the Gulf of Mexico, where a period of restrengthening is possible. Even after weakening to a tropical storm because of its passage over land, Beryl will probably regain status as a Category 1 hurricane.prove dominant as a steering driver, which could win out and steer a weaker system into Tamaulipas sometime over the weekend.
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