Beryl Significantly Weaker

Tiny Hurricane Beryl suffered a significant disruption to its core on Saturday morning, resulting in the collapse of its eyewall and the loss of most of its heavy thunderstorms. Satellite images on Saturday morning showed Beryl's circulation center was exposed to view, with just one clump of heavy thunderstorms on the southeast side of the center. That's the classic appearance of a storm undergoing wind shear, and it is likely that strong mid- to upper-level winds out of the northwest have been driving dry air into Beryl's circulation, disrupting the storm.

Beryl is expected to weaken, if not dissipate, over the Caribbean later this week and may no longer be an organized tropical system once it reaches Hispaniola on Tuesday. Despite this weakening, Beryl can still bring localized flooding downpours to mainly southern Puerto Rico and most of Hispaniola. Interests from the Lesser Antilles through Puerto Rico and Hispaniola should monitor the progress of Beryl closely.

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