Possible first hurricane of the Atlantic season has become a tropical storm - Beryl
At 500 PM AST (2100 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Beryl was
located near latitude 10.3 North, longitude 42.8 West. Beryl is
moving toward the west near 16 mph (26 km/h). A fast westward to
west-northwestward motion is expected through the weekend. On the
forecast track, the center of Beryl will remain east of the Lesser
Antilles through Sunday.
Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 50 mph (85 km/h)
with higher gusts. Additional strengthening is forecast, and Beryl
could become a hurricane by Friday or Saturday. Beryl is forecast
to degenerate into an open trough just east of the Lesser Antilles
over the weekend.
Beryl is a tiny tropical storm. Tropical-storm-force winds extend
outward up to 35 miles (55 km) from the center.
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/?atlc
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