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Major Hurricane Beryl racing across Windward Islands
accuweather ^ | 07/01/2024 | Ryan Adamson

Posted on 07/01/2024 8:52:22 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Hurricane Beryl's intensity is once again on the upswing as it charges toward the Caribbean, where it is striking the islands with powerful winds and flooding storm surge. Beryl made landfall on the island of Carriacou at 11 a.m. AST today with 140 mph sustained winds and was upgraded to 150 mph winds soon afterward.

On Saturday afternoon, Beryl reached hurricane status with winds of 75 mph just 24 hours after the system was first formed as a tropical depression over the Atlantic Ocean. Beryl first become a major Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 115 mph on Sunday morning, and the intense hurricane continues to move westward at 20 mph, a brisk pace for a hurricane on Monday morning.

Beryl became the strongest hurricane for so early in the season in this sector of the Atlantic and may be the strongest system to ever cross Grenada and portions of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

(Excerpt) Read more at accuweather.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News; Outdoors; Weather
KEYWORDS: beryl; hurricane; islands; windward
Friend of mind went to the Caribbean for a 8 day cruise yesterday.
1 posted on 07/01/2024 8:52:22 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

i never saw a more focused spaghetti graph than this one. It’s heading straight for Belize.


2 posted on 07/01/2024 8:55:20 AM PDT by Samurai_Jack (This is not about hypocrisy, this is about hierarchy!)
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To: Samurai_Jack

“It’s heading straight for Belize.”

Yeah today it is.....still a little early to determine landfall I think.


3 posted on 07/01/2024 8:57:13 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Beryl? We naming hurricanes after anti-Trump federal judges now?


4 posted on 07/01/2024 9:10:41 AM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

5 posted on 07/01/2024 9:16:37 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: NautiNurse

Ping!................


6 posted on 07/01/2024 9:16:57 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
140 mph sustained winds?

That would put it in the Top 10% of all Caribbean hurricanes in the last 100 years.

On July 1st?

I am very skeptical - but no way to factually challenge it.

7 posted on 07/01/2024 9:21:43 AM PDT by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
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To: zeestephen

Me thinks it is the dust from the Sahara winds that are keeping this storm away from Florida. Keeping it south in the Caribbean.


8 posted on 07/01/2024 9:31:33 AM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT back in 2006)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Today is July 1st. Right on time!

May - Nay
June - Too soon
July - It’ll try
August - It Must
September - Remember
October - All over


9 posted on 07/01/2024 9:35:43 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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To: zeestephen

See: Weather Bell. dot com.


10 posted on 07/01/2024 9:39:16 AM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: Alas Babylon!

For as far back as the Galveston original ‘cane— the family lore was like you posted, with some different phrasing

June too soon.
July might Fly
August May Just
September Remember
October It’s Over.


11 posted on 07/01/2024 9:43:46 AM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: George from New England
I know Sahara dust is important, but I am not an expert.

I am thinking more in terms of the water temperature, which fuels the wind strength.

The Atlantic Ocean off northwest Africa is unusually cool, which is not helpful for storm formation.

East of the Caribbean, the water is warmer than usual, but not hugely warmer.

A hurricane of this strength - if 140 mph sustained is correct - is very unusual on July 1st.

12 posted on 07/01/2024 9:49:18 AM PDT by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
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To: zeestephen

They show that with 960 milibars pressure. Highest wind I e ever seen for that pressure. Kind of suspect.


13 posted on 07/01/2024 10:06:20 AM PDT by Mouton (A 150MT hit may not solve our problems now but is a good start. )
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To: George from New England

No it’s 2 high pressure zones north of the gulf of Mexico.


14 posted on 07/01/2024 10:07:03 AM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Beryl is barreling!


15 posted on 07/01/2024 10:10:59 AM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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To: Mouton

These days, everything is “historic”. It’s the greatest, the biggest, the worst, the warmest, the coldest, the longest, the shortest, the fastest, etc...

Don’t believe me? Just click the link which will prove it to you by taking you to another link which you will see after the ad plays. After the ad, read the story which will have a hidden link somewhere to take you to the video link at News Channel 11, your local leader and go-to station for the latest in News, Weather and Sports for EXCLUSIVE, BREAKING NEWS and historic footage of never-before-seen analysis of this history making hurricane as it barrels through the Carribean wreaking havoc on poor, innocent women and children......


16 posted on 07/01/2024 11:03:45 AM PDT by Hatteras
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To: ChicagoConservative27

surf’s up


17 posted on 07/01/2024 12:00:26 PM PDT by RockyTx
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To: RockyTx

You bet. Alberto hit Mexico but there was flooding in Galveston. I watch the path but these storms are very unpredictable. Harvey was such a storm.


18 posted on 07/03/2024 5:22:10 AM PDT by Texas resident (Biden=Obama=Jarrett=Soros)
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