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Summer Sun and Storms Here, Beryl Takes Aim on Jamaica

Jul 3, 2024

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Wednesday features mostly sunny skies alternating with periods of showers and storms. Some storms will hang around into the evening near the Gulf Coast. Look for an elevated risk of dangerous rip currents at the Atlantic beaches on Wednesday and the holiday on Thursday. Highs on Wednesday will be mostly in the low 90s.

The Fourth of July will bring mostly sunny skies and periods of showers and storms to the East Coast metro area. The Gulf Coast will be sunny in the morning with storms developing in the afternoon and early evening. Look for an elevated risk of dangerous rip currents at the Atlantic beaches. The day’s storms should wind up by the time fireworks shows are scheduled to start. Thursday’s highs will be in the low 90s on the mainland and near 90 degrees in the Keys.

Friday will feature good sun alternating with showers and storms in the East Coast metro area, while the Gulf Coast will see sunny skies in the morning and periods of storms in the afternoon and evening. Friday’s highs will be in the low 90s on the mainland and near 90 degrees in the Keys.

Saturday will be mostly sunny with a few showers and storms in the morning and stormy periods during the afternoon and early evening. Saturday’s highs will be in the low 90s on the mainland and near 90 degrees in the Keys.

Sunday’s forecast calls for periods of sun alternating with showers and storms on the mainland. Look for plenty of clouds and showers in the Keys. Highs on Sunday will be in the low 90s on the mainland and mostly in the upper 80s in the Keys.

Extremely dangerous Hurricane Beryl is on track to reach Jamaica on Wednesday, bringing devastating winds, flooding rains, and life-threatening storm surge. At 5 pm Tuesday, Beryl was located about 420 miles east-southeast of Kingston, Jamaica. At that time, maximum sustained winds were 155 miles per hour, and Beryl was moving west-northwest at 22 miles per hour. Hurricane warnings are in effect for Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, and there is a hurricane watch for the south coast of Haiti.

There’s a tropical storm warning for the southern coasts of both Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Beryl is forecast to remain a powerful major hurricane as it approaches Jamaica. The hurricane is then expected to track near the Cayman Islands late on Wednesday and into Thursday, followed by landfall on the Yucatan peninsula early on Friday. Beryl will enter the Gulf of Mexico this weekend, with a second landfall expected along the northeast Mexican or south Texas coast.

Elsewhere, the wave in the central Atlantic is struggling and currently has a low chance of becoming a depression. But it will bring heavy rain and gusty winds to the Windward Islands on Wednesday into Thursday.

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