WEATHER | Tropical Storm Beryl forms in Atlantic, threatens Caribbean, could become hurricane by Sunday

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica June 28, 2024 - The second tropical depression of the Atlantic hurricane season, now Tropical Storm Beryl, has formed about 1,400 miles southeast of the Windward Islands and could be a hurricane by Sunday, possibly threatening Hispaniola, Jamaica and Cuba, the National Hurricane Center said late on Friday.

Tropical Storm Beryl – has maximum sustained winds of 35 mph and is moving west at 21 mph. Conditions in the ocean and atmosphere around the storm are "conducive for steady strengthening during the next few days," hurricane specialist John Cangialosi wrote in the center's advisory. 

He added that some of the model guidance used to forecast tropical cyclones predicts the system could become a major hurricane before reaching the Windward Islands on Sunday night or early Monday.

11pm AST June 28th -- TD2 has become Tropical Storm #Beryl. Here are the latest key messages & Hurricane and Tropical Storm Watches will likely be
required for portions of the Lesser Antilles early Saturday.https://t.co/RX183Ip5Fx pic.twitter.com/ZGR3mTHqX3

— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) June 29, 2024

Interests in the Lesser Antilles should closely monitor the progress of this system, the center stated. The storm is expected to move relatively quickly westward to west-northwestward during the next few days.

The hurricane center is also monitoring two other tropical waves in the Atlantic, including a system in the Caribbean, but gives both systems a 30% chance or less of development over the next seven days.

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