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The Night Tropical Storm Beryl gained strength and early Friday morning was declared the first hurricane of the Atlantic hurricane season. Although there are currently few indications that Beryl is becoming a dangerous storm, the National Hurricane Center has warned that, "because of its small size," it will remain very difficult to predict.
Beryl became a hurricane before continuing westward in a much stronger vertical wind shear environment on Saturday, which should weaken the storm system and allow it to slowly degenerate into a tropical storm then that he is heading to Puerto Rico early next week.
"Due to its very small size, there is greater uncertainty than usual in the analysis of the current Beryl intensity "Confidence in official forecasts of intensity is also much lower than normal," warned Friday the National Hurricane Center. "Rapid changes in intensity, both upward and downward, that are difficult to predict are possible over the next few days."
An image of the National Hurricane Center shows the planned course of Hurricane Beryl , in early June 6, 2018.
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Regardless of development or strength, Beryl can bring showers and thunderstorms in the Lesser Antilles Sunday and Sunday nights with a potential of 1-2 inches of rain with locally up to 3 inches possible. Minor wind damage can also occur with thunderstorms on Sunday and Sunday nights.
We also continue to monitor an area of showers and thunderstorms located a few hundred kilometers southwest of Bermuda. Some development of this characteristic is possible when the storm is moving in a low shear environment. This area of showers and thunderstorms will not have a direct impact on the land before it is absorbed by a cold front approaching Sunday.
