Key Takeaways: •Beryl is the strongest hurricane on record to hit portions of the Windward Islands so early in the season and the earliest 165-mph Category 5 hurricane on record for the Atlantic basin •Beryl will bring life-threatening conditions and extreme destruction as a Category 4 hurricane to Jamaica at midweek before reaching Mexico on...
Powerful Hurricane Beryl will continue to roar across the Caribbean, reaching Mexico prior to the end of the week. The storm will then set its sights on Texas primarily in the form of flooding from rain and storm surge.
Changes within the storm's core may also contribute to a decline in peak intensity as it moves over the northwestern Caribbean."From late Thursday night to Friday morning, we expect Beryl to make landfall along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula as a Category 2 on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale," DaSilva said,"Soon after making landfall in Mexico, Beryl will begin to lose wind intensity, but its impacts will remain significant.
Factoring in lessening wind shear, warm water and access to tropical moisture, AccuWeather meteorologists believe that Beryl may regain hurricane intensity after spending some time as a tropical storm from Friday to Saturday. That slower forward speed will increase the duration of wind, pounding surf and storm surge in northeastern Mexico and a portion of the Texas coast. Once the storm drifts inland, it will also raise the risk of flooding rainfall.
Last week, AccuWeather cleared the East Coast of the United States and the Florida Peninsula from Beryl’s impacts but warned of potential direct impact in Texas. AccuWeather has now cleared the zone from Pensacola, Florida, to New Orleans from Beryl’s direct wind and rain impacts.Another far-reaching impact on the United States will be an uptick in strong rip currents along much of the Gulf Coast starting this weekend.
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