Hurricane Beryl remains a Category 4 and is moving over the eastern Caribbean Sea

After making landfall this Monday in Granada, Hurricane Beryl, the first of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, remained a dangerous cyclonic system that meteorologists continue to monitor closely.

In its fifth tropical cyclone advisory, the Institute of Meteorology of Cuba (INSMET) states that "today, Hurricane Beryl has impacted the southern islands of the Lesser Antilles as a highly intense hurricane. Despite some fluctuations in intensity, its maximum sustained winds are 240 kilometers per hour, with higher gusts, and its minimum central pressure has dropped to 944 hectoPascals, making it continue as a strong Category Four hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, which has a maximum of five."

The Cuban meteorological entity also notes that "Beryl is now moving over the southeast of the eastern Caribbean Sea, with its central region estimated at 6:00 PM this afternoon at 13.3 degrees north latitude and 63.5 degrees west longitude, a position that places it approximately 710 kilometers east of Aruba and about 1,510 kilometers east-southeast of Kingston, Jamaica."

The translation speed is 33 kilometers per hour, moving in a direction close to west-northwest.

The forecast regarding the evolution of Beryl is that "some weakening is expected once it moves into the central Caribbean Sea in the coming days."

Forecast models continue to position this powerful hurricane away from Cuban territory; nonetheless, INSMET indicates that “due to its evolution and future trajectory, close monitoring of this tropical cyclone remains in effect.”

The National Hurricane Center of the United States confirms that this hurricane "is expected to remain powerful as it moves through the Caribbean Sea this week. There is a tropical storm warning in effect for the southern coast of Hispaniola, and a hurricane watch is in effect for Jamaica."

This Monday, a reconnaissance plane from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the United States captured stunning images of the powerful Hurricane Beryl.

In the video shared on the social media platform X, a part of the atmospheric phenomenon can be clearly seen.