Hurricane Beryl Likely to Reach Category 4 Status Over the Next 24hrs
06/30/24 8:49am ET
Good morning everyone. We continue to watch Hurricane Beryl as it rapidly deepens on it’s path into the Caribbean. Beryl’s track over the next 24-48 hours takes it right into the islands Grenada, St. Vincent & The Grenadines, and a strong brush across Barbados & St. Lucia.
This is a very dangerous storm, with winds already up to 115mph at the time of this article, and a continued westward movement at 21mph. We’re expecting Beryl to continue its trajectory towards Category 4 status today, and it’s likely we will have a Category 4 storm on our hands within the next 24hrs, if not much sooner.
Hurricane Beryl poses a major problem for the Caribbean, especially for the island of Jamaica and the Yucatan of Mexico. As of now, computer models bring Beryl dangerously close to Jamaica as a catgeory 3 or 4 hurricane, then into the Yucatan.
What happens just before or after the Yucatan is crucial for the Texas & Louisiana coast. As Hurricane Beryl nears the Yucatan, the timing of steering currents and a front sinking down from the Midwest, will decide where Beryl goes.