CURRENT TROPICAL CYCLONES:
Tropical Cyclone 02L (Beryl) is located about 890 miles east-southeast of the Lesser Antilles.
Tropical Cyclone 03L is located about 195 miles south-southeast of the Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
Tropical Cyclone 02L (Beryl) is active over the tropical Atlantic…and has become the first hurricane of the 2018 season
A faster westward to west-northwestward motion is expected to begin this weekend and continue through early next week. On the forecast track, the center of Beryl will approach the Lesser Antilles over the weekend…and cross the island chain late Sunday or Monday.
Additional strengthening is forecast during the next couple of days, and Beryl is expected to still be a hurricane when it reaches the Lesser Antilles late Sunday or Monday. Weakening is expected once Beryl reaches the eastern Caribbean Sea on Monday, although the system may not degenerate into an open trough until it reaches the vicinity of Hispaniola and the central Caribbean Sea.
Beryl is a compact hurricane. Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 10 miles from the center, and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 35 miles.
Interests in the Lesser Antilles should monitor the progress of Beryl.
Tropical Cyclone 03L remains active over the tropical Atlantic…although is expected to remain offshore of the Carolina coast
The depression is moving toward the north-northwest near 5 mph. The depression should slow down and meander well offshore of the coast of North Carolina through Monday. Maximum sustained winds are near 30 mph with higher gusts.
The depression is forecast to become tropical storm Chris Saturday, with gradual strengthening expected through Monday. A reconnaissance plane is scheduled to investigate the cyclone Saturday.
Atlantic Ocean
Tropical Cyclone 02L (Beryl)
Tropical Cyclone 03L
NOAA satellite image of the Atlantic
Caribbean Sea
There are no current tropical cyclones
NOAA satellite image of the Caribbean Sea
Gulf of Mexico
There are no current tropical cyclones
Latest satellite image of the Gulf of Mexico
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