UPDATE:
Projected to be a Cat 4 by monday.
FOX Weather hurricane specialist Bryan Norcross analyzes.
The only major hurricane in the historical record in the Southern Windward Islands (near Grenada and Tobago) where Beryl seems on track for is Ivan, at peak season in 2004. Expand a little out and you get Allen in 1980. To be looking at something like this in late June is insane. pic.twitter.com/Ovj7YanEjs
— Andy Hazelton (@AndyHazelton) June 30, 2024
#Beryl is now forecast to be a cat 4 storm before it reaches the Windward Islands tomorrow AM!
— Jeff Berardelli (@WeatherProf) June 30, 2024
At this rate it may become the strongest June hurricane on record in the Atlantic.
As of now the strongest is Audrey 1957. That was in the Gulf, where June hurricanes are more common. pic.twitter.com/MTCpCUzDQ1
When Atlantic ocean waters in June are where they average in September, this result is no surprise.
— Steve Bowen (@SteveBowenWx) June 30, 2024
This is thermodynamics at work.
Warmer waters at the surface and at deeper ocean depths. Warmer / moister atmosphere. More rapid intensification.
The science is clear.#Beryl pic.twitter.com/63AScg0EPI