In the tropics, we continue to watch powerful Hurricane Beryl, which is a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 165 mph.
This is the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin this early in the season.
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Beryl will push toward Jamaica over the next 24 to 36 hours. It’s going to hug the southern side of the island. But at that point, it should be weaker as it interacts with some wind shear.
It should drop to a Category 2 by late Wednesday.
After that, Beryl is expected to push toward the Yucatan Peninsula, where it will eventually be downgraded to a tropical storm.
Beryl will not have any impact on South Florida.
Behind Beryl, there’s another wave that we’re watching. That one is interacting with a lot of dry air, so the chance that it becomes a tropical cyclone is getting lower, down to a 30% chance.