After battering Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, Beryl moved back into the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico where it was expected to regain hurricane strength Saturday.
With its unprecedented tear through the ultrawarm waters of the southeast Caribbean, Beryl turned meteorologists’ worst fears of a souped-up hurricane season into grim reality. Now it’s Texas turn.
“We should not be surprised if this is rapidly intensifying before landfall and it could become a major hurricane,” said Weather Underground co-founder Jeff Masters, a former government hurricane meteorologist who flew into storms. “Category 2 may be more likely but we should not dismiss a Category 3 possibility.”
Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach, using a different tracking system, said he counted eight different periods when Beryl rapidly intensified — something that has only happened in the Atlantic in July two other times. The storm smashed various records even before its major hurricane-level winds approached the island of Carriacou in Grenada on Monday.
Warm water acts as fuel for the thunderstorms and clouds that form hurricanes. The warmer the water and thus the air at the bottom of the storm, the better the chance it will rise higher in the atmosphere and create deeper thunderstorms, said the University at Albany's Kristen Corbosiero.Atlantic waters have been record warm since April 2023. Klotzbach said a high pressure system that normally sets up cooling trade winds collapsed then and hasn't returned.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Beryl moves into Gulf of Mexico, could reach Texas by Sunday as hurricaneBeryl hit Tulum as a Category 2 hurricane before weakening to a tropical storm. It is expected to regain hurricane strength over the weekend and take aim at the Texas coast.
Read more »
After hitting Yucatan Peninsula, Beryl churns in Gulf of Mexico as Texas braces for potential hitOfficials urged coastal residents to be prepared for possible storm surge flooding, heavy rain and high winds.
Read more »
Beryl churns in the Gulf of Mexico as Texas braces for a potential hitAfter battering Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, Beryl moved back into the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico where it was expected to regain hurricane strength Saturday.
Read more »
Beryl churns in the Gulf of Mexico as Texas braces for a potential hitAfter battering Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, Beryl moved back into the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico where it was expected to regain hurricane strength Saturday.
Read more »
After hitting Yucatan Peninsula, Beryl churns in Gulf of Mexico as Texas braces for potential hitBeryl has moved back into the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, where it is expected to strengthen after weakening to a tropical storm as it moved across Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula.
Read more »
After hitting Yucatan Peninsula, Beryl churns in Gulf of Mexico as Texas braces for potential hitBeryl has moved back into the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, where it is expected to strengthen after weakening to a tropical storm as it moved across Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula.
Read more »