800 AM EDT Wed Jul 03 2024

 

...BERYL EXPECTED TO BRING HURRICANE CONDITIONS TO JAMAICA BY MIDDAY TODAY WITH LIFE-THREATENING WINDS AND STORM SURGE......EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE CAYMAN ISLANDS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY...

 

SUMMARY OF 800 AM EDT...1200 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...16.9N 75.3W

ABOUT 125 MI...200 KM SE OF KINGSTON JAMAICA

ABOUT 430 MI...690 KM ESE OF GRAND CAYMAN

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...145 MPH...230 KM/H

PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 285 DEGREES AT 20 MPH...31 KM/H

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...952 MB...28.11 INCHES

 

WATCHES AND WARNINGS

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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:

 

None.

 

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:

 

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for...

* Jamaica

* Grand Cayman

* Little Cayman and Cayman Brac

 

A Hurricane Watch is in effect for...

* South coast of Haiti from the border with the Dominican Republic to Anse d'Hainault

* East coast of the Yucatan Peninsula from Chetumal to Cabo Catoche

 

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for...

* South coast of Dominican Republic from Punta Palenque westward to the border with Haiti

* South coast of Haiti from the border with the Dominican Republic to Anse d'Hainault

 

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for...

* Coast of Belize from south of Chetumal to Belize City

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1. East of the Windward Islands (AL96):
Shower and thunderstorm activity remains disorganized in association with a tropical wave located a couple of hundred miles east of the Windward Islands. Development, if any, of this system should be slow to occur while it moves quickly westward to west-northwestward at 20 to 25 mph across the Caribbean Sea. Regardless of development, gusty winds and locally heavy rainfall are possible across portions of the Lesser Antilles today.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...20 percent.