A live look at the 80% chance of Beryl
By Sam Kantrow on May 25, 2012, 1:25pm
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The NHC (National Hurricane Center) is starting to up the ante on the potential for TS (tropical storm) Beryl to form. We've been saying this for days, but they're estimating that there is an 80% chance that Beryl will form over the next 48 hours. I think it's most likely form within the next 24 hours, but that's my opinion. Here's what they say:
"A broad area of low pressure...centered about 275 miles southeast of the coast of the Carolinas...is producing winds to gale force mainly to the northeast and southeast of the center. The low has become a little better defined this afternoon...although the associated shower and thunderstorm activity remains poorly organized due to strong upper-level winds. Environmental conditions are expected to become more conducive for development on Saturday or Sunday...and this system has a high chance...80 percent...of becoming a tropical or subtropical cyclone during the next 48 hours. Little motion is expected today...but a west-southwestward or southwestward motion should begin tomorrow and continue through Sunday. Coastal interests from the Carolinas southward through northeasternFloridashould monitor the progress of this system over the Memorial Day weekend. In addition...locally heavy rainfall...flooding...and gusty winds will continue today over portions of central Cuba and the Bahamas. Another special tropical weather outlook will be issued tomorrow...or earlier if necessary. For additional information on this system...please see high seas forecasts issued by the national weather service...and products from your local weather office."
Check out the live looping visible clouds here:
If you happen to see this at night, check out the infrared satellite view:
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