Hurricane Beryl – Day 5
Position: 16.2N 72.7W [10:00PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: West-Northwest [290°] near 22 mph [35 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 150 mph [240 kph].
Wind Gusts: 170 mph [275 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 185 miles (295 km).
Hurricane Wind Radius: 40 miles [ 65 km].
Minimum central pressure: 947 mb ↑.
Currently about 300 miles [ 480 km] East-Southeast of Kingston, Jamaica.
Beryl appears to have peaked and is slowly losing strength.
A Hurricane Warning is in effect for Jamaica; Grand Cayman; Little Cayman and Cayman Brac.
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for south coast of Dominican Republic from Punta Palenque westward to the border with Haiti; the south coast of Haiti from the border with the Dominican Republic to Anse d’Hainault.
A Hurricane Watch is in effect for the south coast of Haiti from the border with the Dominican Republic to Anse d’Hainault; east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula from Chetumal to Cabo Catoche.
A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for the coast of Belize from south of Chetumal to Belize City.
Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.
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