Hurricane Beryl was approaching the Windward Islands on Sunday night.\u00a0 At 11:00 p.m. EDT on Sunday the center of Hurricane Beryl was located at latitude 11.5\u00b0N and longitude 58.1\u00b0W which put the center about 150 miles (240 km) southeast of Barbados. \u00a0 Beryl was moving toward the west-northwest at 20 m.p.h. (32 km\/h).\u00a0\u00a0 The maximum sustained wind speed was 130 m.p.h. (210 km\/h) and there were wind gusts to 160 m.p.h. (260 km\/h).\u00a0\u00a0 The minimum surface pressure was 959 mb.<\/p>\n
Hurricane Warnings were in effect for Barbados, St. Lucia, Grenada, Tobago, and St. Vincent and the Grenadine Islands.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Tropical Storm Warnings were in effect for Martinique and Trinidad.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n A Tropical Storm Watch was in effect for Dominica.\u00a0 A Tropical Storm Watch was in effect for the south coast of the Dominican Republic from Punta Palenque to the border with Haiti.\u00a0 A Tropical Storm Watch was in effect for the south coast of Haiti from Anse d’Hainault to the border with the Dominican Republic.<\/span><\/p>\n A circular eye with a diameter of 12 miles (19 km) was present at the center of Hurricane Beryl.\u00a0 The eye was surrounded by a ring of thunderstorms and the strongest winds were occurring in that ring of storms.\u00a0 The inner end of a rainband was wrapping around the existing eye and eyewall.\u00a0 Concentric eyewalls were likely forming.\u00a0 Bands of showers and thunderstorms were revolving around the core of Hurricane Beryl.\u00a0 Storms near the core generated strong upper level divergence that pumped mass away from the hurricane in all directions.\u00a0 The removal of large amounts of mass was in equilibrium with the inflow of mass near the surface and the surface pressure was nearly steady.<\/p>\n The size of the circulation around Hurricane Beryl also remained nearly steady on Sunday evening.\u00a0 Winds to hurricane force extended out 30 miles (50 km) from the center of Beryl\u2019s circulation. Winds to tropical storm force extended out 115 miles (185 km) from the center of Hurricane Beryl.<\/p>\n The Hurricane Intensity Index (HII) for Hurricane Beryl was 25.1.\u00a0 The Hurricane Size Index (HSI) was 10.5 and the Hurricane Wind Intensity Size Index (HWISI) was 35.6.\u00a0 Hurricane Beryl was similar in size and intensity to Hurricane Harvey when Harvey hit Texas in 2017.<\/p>\n Hurricane Beryl will move through an environment favorable for intensification during the next 24 hours.\u00a0 Beryl will move over water where the Sea Surface Temperatures are near 29\u00b0C.\u00a0 It will move under the southern part of an upper level ridge over the central tropical Atlantic Ocean.\u00a0 The ridge will produce easterly winds that will blow toward the top of Beryl\u2019s circulation.\u00a0 The winds in the lower levels of the atmosphere are also blowing from the east and there will be little vertical wind shear.\u00a0 Although Hurricane Beryl will move through an environment favorable for intensification, Beryl is likely to weaken during the next few hours.\u00a0 Concentric eyewalls will likely lead to an Eyewall Replacement Cycle.\u00a0 During an Eyewall Replacement Cycle the inner eyewall weakens and dissipates.\u00a0 Since the maximum wind speeds occur in the inner eyewall, Hurricane Beryl will weaken, at least temporarily, when that happens.\u00a0 Beryl could strengthen again after the Eyewall Replacement Cycle is over.<\/p>\n Hurricane Beryl will move around the southern side of a high pressure system over the Atlantic Ocean.\u00a0 The high pressure system will steer Beryl toward the west-northwest during the next 24 hours.\u00a0 On its anticipated track, the center of Hurricane Beryl will pass between Barbados and Tobago early on Monday.\u00a0 Hurricane Beryl will begin to affect St. Lucia, Grenada, and St. Vincent and the Grenadine Islands later on Monday morning.<\/p>\n The core of Hurricane Beryl could pass very close to St. Lucia, Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadine Islands.\u00a0 Beryl will be capable of causing regional severe damage.\u00a0 Hurricane Beryl will also drop heavy rain.\u00a0 Heavy rain is likely to cause flash floods in some locations.\u00a0 Hurricane Beryl could cause a storm surge of up to 13 feet (4 meters) on the parts of islands where the wind blows the water toward the shore.<\/p>\n Hurricane Beryl will also produce strong winds and heavy rain in Barbados, Tobago, and Martinique.\u00a0 Gusty winds and heavy rain could occur in Trinidad and Dominica.<\/p>\n Elsewhere, Tropical Storm Chris formed over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico near the coast of Mexico.\u00a0 At 11:00 p.m. EDT on Sunday the center of Tropical Storm Chris was located at latitude 20.0\u00b0N and longitude 96.2\u00b0W which put the center about 105 miles (165 km) southeast of Tuxpan, Mexico.\u00a0 Chris was moving toward the west at 13 m.p.h. (20 km\/h).\u00a0 The maximum sustained wind speed was 40 m.p.h. (65 km\/h) and there were wind gusts to 50 m.p.h. (80 km\/h).\u00a0 The minimum surface pressure was 1005 mb.<\/p>\n A Tropical Storm Warning was in effect for the portion of the coast from Cabo Rojo to Puerto Veracruz, Mexico.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hurricane Beryl was approaching the Windward Islands on Sunday night.\u00a0 At 11:00 p.m. EDT on Sunday the center of Hurricane Beryl was located at latitude 11.5\u00b0N and longitude 58.1\u00b0W which put the center about 150 miles (240 km) southeast of Barbados. \u00a0 Beryl was moving toward the west-northwest at 20 m.p.h. 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