PHILIPSBURG--Thursday at 5:00pm the centre of Tropical Storm Beryl was located near latitude 10.3 North, longitude 42.8 West. Beryl was
moving toward the west near 16 mph (26 km/h).
A fast westward to west-northwest motion was expected through the weekend. On that
forecast track the centre of Beryl will remain east of the Eastern Caribbean through Sunday.
Maximum sustained winds had increased to near 50 mph (85 km/h)
with higher gusts. Additional strengthening is forecast and Beryl could become a hurricane by Friday or Saturday.
However, Beryl is expected to degenerate into an open trough just east of the islands over the weekend.
Beryl is a small system. Tropical storm-force winds extended outward up to 35 miles (55 km) from the centre.
The estimated minimum central pressure was 1,004 mb (29.65 inches).
