“At 800 AM AST (1200 UTC), the eye of Hurricane Beryl was located near latitude 12.0 North, longitude 60.5 West. Beryl is moving toward the west-northwest near 20 mph (31 km/h). A continued quick westward to west-northwestward motion is expected during the next few days. On the forecast track, the center of Beryl is expected to move across the Windward Islands this morning and across the southeastern and central Caribbean Sea late today through Wednesday.”

“Data from the NOAA and Air Force Hurricane Hunters indicate that maximum sustained winds have increased to near 130 mph (215 km/h) with higher gusts. Beryl is a category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Fluctuations in strength are likely during the next day or so, but Beryl is expected to remain an extremely dangerous major hurricane as its core moves through the Windward Islands into the eastern Caribbean. Some weakening is expected in the central Caribbean by midweek, though Beryl is forecast to remain a hurricane. Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 35 miles (55 km) from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 125 miles (205 km). Grantley Adams International Airport on Barbados recently reported sustained winds of 47 mph (76 km/h) with a gust to 69 mph (111 km/h). The estimated minimum central pressure based on dropsonde data is 959 mb (28.32 inches),” says an NOAA bulletin.