Strong Category 4 Hurricane Beryl moving quickly across the Caribbean
Published:Monday | July 1, 2024 | 6:36 PM
A Hurricane Watch remains in effect for Jamaica as a strong Category 4 Hurricane Beryl moves away from the Windward Islands and continues on its journey across the southeastern Caribbean.
Hurricane conditions are possible across Jamaica within 48 hours.
At 4:00 p.m., the eye of Hurricane Beryl was located near latitude 13.2 degrees North, longitude 63.2 degrees West. This is about 205 kilometres (125 miles) northwest of Grenada or 1,550 kilometres (960 miles) east-southeast of Kingston, Jamaica.
The centre of Beryl will continue moving away from the southern Windward Islands tonight and move quickly westward to west-northwestward during the next few days.
Beryl is a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 65 km (40 miles) from the centre and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 205 km (125 miles).
The Meteorological Service of Jamaica continues to monitor the progress of Hurricane Beryl and is likely to upgrade the Hurricane WATCH to a Hurricane WARNING later this evening.
The next Bulletin on this system will be issued at 8:00 p.m.
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