SUMMARY OF 1100 AM AST…1500 UTC…INFORMATION
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LOCATION…12.1N 51.1W
ABOUT 720 MI…1160 KM ESE OF THE LESSER ANTILLES
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…65 MPH…100 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT…WNW OR 295 DEGREES AT 14 MPH…22 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…999 MB…29.50 INCHES
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:
The government of Barbados has issued a Tropical Storm Warning and
discontinued the Hurricane Watch for Dominica.
The government of the Netherlands has issued a Tropical Storm Watch
for Saba and St. Eustatius.
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for…
* Dominica
A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for…
* Barbados
* St. Lucia
* Martinique, Guadeloupe, St. Martin, and St. Barthelemy
* Saba and St. Eustatius
A Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are
expected somewhere within the warning area.
A Tropical Storm Watch means that tropical storm conditions are
possible within the watch area.
Interests elsewhere in the Lesser Antilles should monitor the
progress of Beryl, as additional watches or warnings could be
required later today.
For storm information specific to your area, please monitor
products issued by your national meteorological service.
DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK
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At 1100 AM AST (1500 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Beryl was
located near latitude 12.1 North, longitude 51.1 West. Beryl is
moving toward the west-northwest near 14 mph (22 km/h). A west-
northwestward motion with an increase in forward speed is expected
during the next few days. On the forecast track, the center of
Beryl will approach the Lesser Antilles over the weekend, cross the
island chain late Sunday or Monday, and move south of the Virgin
Islands and Puerto Rico on Monday and Monday night.
Maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 65 mph (100 km/h)
with higher gusts. Additional weakening is forecast during the next
48 hours, especially once Beryl reaches the eastern Caribbean Sea
on Monday. The system could degenerate into an open trough by the
time it reaches the central Caribbean Sea and Hispaniola on Tuesday.
Beryl is a small tropical storm. Tropical-storm-force winds extend
outward up to 35 miles (55 km) from the center.
The estimated minimum central pressure is 999 mb (29.50 inches).
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HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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WIND: Tropical storm conditions are expected in Dominica by Sunday
night. Tropical storm conditions are possible in the watch areas
of the Lesser Antilles by late Sunday or Monday.
RAINFALL: Beryl is expected to produce total rain accumulations of
2 to 4 inches through Monday across the southern Leeward and
northern Windward Islands. Across the remainder of the Leeward and
Windward Islands, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico, rainfall
amounts of 1 to 2 inches with locally higher amounts are expected.
Source: The Daily Herald https://www.thedailyherald.sx/islands/78370-beryl-weakens-to-a-tropical-storm
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