Powerful Hurricane Beryl moved over the Caribbean Sea toward Jamaica on Tuesday morning.\u00a0 At 11:00 a.m. EDT on Tuesday the center of Hurricane Beryl was located at latitude 15.3\u00b0N and longitude 68.9\u00b0W which put the center about 555 miles (895 km) east-southeast of Kingston, Jamaica. \u00a0 Beryl was moving toward the west-northwest at 22 m.p.h. (35 km\/h).\u00a0 The maximum sustained wind speed was 160 m.p.h. (260 km\/h) and there were wind gusts to 190 m.p.h. (305 km\/h).\u00a0 The minimum surface pressure was 938 mb.<\/p>\n
A Hurricane Warning was in effect for Jamaica.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Hurricane Watches were in effect for Grand Cayman, Little Cayman and Cayman Brac.\u00a0 A Hurricane Watch was also in effect for the South coast of Haiti from Anse d’Hainault to the border with the Dominican Republic.<\/span><\/p>\n A Tropical Storm Warning was in effect for the south coast of the Dominican Republic from Punta Palenque to the border with Haiti.\u00a0 A Tropical Storm Warning was also in effect for the south coast of Haiti from Anse d\u2019Hainault to the border with the Dominican Republic.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n U.S. Air Force Reserve and NOAA aircraft determined that Hurricane Beryl was still a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Scale on Tuesday morning.\u00a0 A circular eye with a diameter of 12 miles (19 km) was present at the center of Beryl\u2019s circulation.\u00a0 The eye was surrounded by a ring of thunderstorms and the strongest winds were occurring in that ring of storms.\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 nearly equal to the inflow of mass in the lower levels of the atmosphere.\u00a0 The equilibrium between upper level divergence and lower level convergence caused the surface pressure to remain nearly steady.<\/p>\n The size of the circulation around Hurricane Beryl increased on Tuesday morning.\u00a0 Winds to hurricane force extended out 40 miles (65 km) from the center of Beryl\u2019s circulation.\u00a0 Winds to tropical storm force extended out 170 miles (280 km) from the center of Hurricane Beryl.<\/p>\n The Hurricane Intensity Index (HII) for Hurricane Beryl was 35.0.\u00a0 The Hurricane Size Index (HSI) was 13.7 and the Hurricane Wind Intensity Size Index (HWISI) was 48.7.\u00a0 Hurricane Beryl was similar in size and intensity to Hurricane Michael when Michael hit Northwest Florida in 2018.<\/p>\n Hurricane Beryl will move through an environment that will become less favorable for a powerful hurricane during the next 24 hours.\u00a0 Beryl will move over water where the Sea Surface Temperatures are near 29\u00b0C.\u00a0 It will move closer to an upper level trough over Northwestern Caribbean Sea.\u00a0 The upper level trough will produce southwesterly winds that will blow toward the top of Beryl\u2019s circulation.\u00a0 Those winds will cause the vertical wind shear to increase.\u00a0 Hurricane Beryl will start to weaken when the wind shear increases.<\/p>\n Hurricane Beryl will move around the southern side of a high pressure system over the western Atlantic Ocean.\u00a0 The high pressure system will steer Beryl toward the west-northwest during the next 24 hours.\u00a0 On its anticipated track, Hurricane Beryl will move toward Jamaica.\u00a0 The core of Beryl’s could reach Jamaica by late Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n Hurricane Beryl is likely to be a major hurricane when it reaches Jamaica.\u00a0 Beryl will be capable of causing regional major damage.\u00a0 Widespread electricity outages are likely.\u00a0 Hurricane Beryl will also drop heavy rain on Jamaica.\u00a0 Heavy rain is likely to cause flash floods.\u00a0 Beryl could cause a storm surge of up to 13 feet (4 meters) where the wind blows the water toward the coast.<\/p>\n The circulation around the northern side of Hurricane Beryl will cause the water level to rise along the south coasts of Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti.\u00a0 There are already reports of a storm surge along the south coast of Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Powerful Hurricane Beryl moved over the Caribbean Sea toward Jamaica on Tuesday morning.\u00a0 At 11:00 a.m. EDT on Tuesday the center of Hurricane Beryl was located at latitude 15.3\u00b0N and longitude 68.9\u00b0W which put the center about 555 miles (895 km) east-southeast of Kingston, Jamaica. \u00a0 Beryl was moving toward the west-northwest at 22 m.p.h. 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