At 1100 AM AST (1500 UTC), the eye of Hurricane Beryl was located
near latitude 12.4 North, longitude 61.3 West. Beryl is moving
toward the west-northwest near 20 mph (31 km/h). The eyewall of
Beryl is moving across the southern Windward Islands. This is
an extremely dangerous and life-threatening situation. Take action
now to protect your life! Residents in Grenada, the Grenadine
Islands, and Carriacou Island should not leave their shelter as
winds will rapidly increase within the eyewall of Beryl. Remain in
place through the passage of these life-threatening conditions and
do not venture out in the eye of the storm.
Beryl is expected to move quickly westward to west-northwestward
during the next few days. On the forecast track, the center of
Beryl is currently moving across the southern Windward Islands and
will move across the southeastern and central Caribbean Sea late
today through Wednesday.
Maximum sustained winds are near 140 mph (220 km/h) with higher
gusts. Beryl is a category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson
Hurricane Wind Scale. Fluctuations in strength are likely during
the next day or so, but Beryl is expected to remain an extremely
dangerous major hurricane as its core moves through the Windward
Islands into the eastern Caribbean. Some weakening is expected in
the central Caribbean by midweek, though Beryl is forecast to remain
a hurricane.
Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 40 miles (65 km) from the
center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 125 miles
(205 km). A weather station in Crown Point, Tobago recently reported
sustained winds of 46 mph (74 km/h) with a gust to 54 mph (87 km/h).
There have been multiple reports of downed trees, flooded streets,
power outages and storm surge flooding in the Grenandines, Grenada,
Barbados, and Tobago.
The minimum central pressure based on aircraft data is 956 mb
(28.23 inches).
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