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Miami, July 5 (EFEUSA) .- Hurricane Beryl, category 1, continues today towards the west towards the Lesser Antilles, alerting the authorities of certain countries of this archipelago on this cyclone of maximum winds maintained at 80 miles per hour (130 km / h).
In its bulletin at 5:00 pm Eastern Time (21:00 GMT), the National Hurricane Center (CNH) of this country reported that Beryl is about 965 miles (1,555 kilometers) southeast of the Lesser Antilles and travels west 15 miles to the hour (24 km / h).
The Dominica government issued a hurricane warning for this island, where it is expected that weather conditions will deteriorate as of Saturday while that Martinique, Guadalupe, San Martin and San Bartolomé are in the opinion of the probable conditions of tropical storm.
Experts predict that cyclone category 1 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, of a maximum of 5, accelerates its speed towards the west-northwest this weekend and continues like next week.
According to a probable trajectory, Beryl's eye "will approach the Lesser Antilles by this weekend and cross the chain of islands Sunday afternoon and Monday," the scientists said. CNH, based in Miami.
The system, a "very compact hurricane," could be further strengthened in the next 48 hours It should remain a hurricane "when it arrives in the West Indies on Sunday afternoon and Monday."
Once Beryl reaches the eastern Caribbean on Monday, it should "weaken", but "maybe" it does not deteriorate until the storm before reaching La Española ( Dominican Republic and Haiti) and Central Caribbean waters.
Although the hurricane season officially begins on June 1, a subtropical storm has formed this year. Alberto, at the end of May.
The N Oceans and Atmosphere (NOAA) Administration predicted last May that the hurricane season in the Atlantic will have a "near" or "above average" activity, with between five and nine hurricanes, of which between 1 and 4 could be
The agency's forecasts for the season in the Atlantic Basin, which affect the United States, the Caribbean and Mexico for six months, also indicate the formation of 10 at 16 tropical storms. [19659011]
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