Tropical Storm Beryl is expected to restrengthen into a hurricane on Sunday as it moves to the northwest and approaches the Texas coast.
This GOES-16 GeoColor satellite image taken at 4:16 p.m. EDT on Friday, July 5, 2024, and provided by NOAA, shows Hurricane Beryl over Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. is expected to restrengthen into a hurricane on Sunday as it moves to the northwest and approaches the Texas coast. There will be a sharp west to east gradient in rainfall across South-Central Texas .
Travelers to the Texas coast this weekend will likely see higher than normal surf and increased dangerous rip currents. Dangerous swimming conditions are forecast.west-northwest in the Gulf this weekend, it will encounter more favorable conditions for strengthening. Gulf of Mexico waters are very warm, and there is less wind shear present in the Gulf than what Beryl worked its way through in the Caribbean.
Currently, the National Hurricane Center has the storm projected to increase to a strong Category 1 upon landfall along the Texas coast Monday, with winds of 90 mph. If the storm stays a little weaker, but likely still a hurricane at landfall, it will take a more westerly track with landfall south of Corpus Christi to Brownsville. This scenario would give us the best rainfall opportunities and bring plenty of moisture in our direction.
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