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Hurricane Beryl
Hurricane Beryl is now a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 160 mph, becoming the earliest Category 5 hurricane on record. In addition, Beryl is now tied with the strongest July hurricane, matching Hurricane Emily in 2005.
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Beryl made landfall on Carriacou Island at 11:10 AM. The forecast track calls for Beryl to continue on a west-northwest path for the next several days. An increase in mid-level westerly shear is forecast by midweek, and this should cause some weakening while Beryl moves across the central and northwestern Caribbean Sea. However, Beryl is still forecast to remain a hurricane as it approaches the Yucatan Peninsula.
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Models suggest Hurricane Beryl will continue on a west-northwestward track through the Caribbean and impact Jamaica Wednesday, the Cayman Islands after that, and possibly the Yucatan Peninsula later this week. An increase in mid-level westerly shear is forecast by midweek, and this should cause some weakening while Beryl moves across the central and northwestern Caribbean Sea.
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There is less confidence that a tropical wave moving through the central tropical Atlantic will become our next named storms. Chances have gone from 40% down to 30% over the next seven days.
An area of low pressure continues to produce disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Conditions only appear less conducive for additional development of this system, but a tropical depression could still form during the next few days while it moves generally westward at 15 to 20 mph across the central and western tropical Atlantic.
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We are keeping close tabs on all the developments in the tropics, so continue to check back with us on 13News Now for updates.