At 800 AM AST (1200 UTC), the eye of Hurricane Beryl was located
near latitude 12.0 North, longitude 60.5 West. Beryl is moving
toward the west-northwest near 20 mph (31 km/h). A continued quick
westward to west-northwestward motion is expected during the next
few days. On the forecast track, the center of Beryl is expected to
move across the Windward Islands this morning and across the
southeastern and central Caribbean Sea late today through Wednesday.
Data from the NOAA and Air Force Hurricane Hunters indicate that
maximum sustained winds have increased to near 130 mph (215 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 35 miles (55 km) from
the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 125
miles (205 km). Grantley Adams International Airport on Barbados
recently reported sustained winds of 47 mph (76 km/h) with a gust to
69 mph (111 km/h).
The estimated minimum central pressure based on dropsonde data is
959 mb (28.32 inches).
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