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Hurricane Beryl breaking every date record in sight[/ul]
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https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/06/category-4-beryl-on-collision-course-with-windward-islands/ [/ul]
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Earliest hurricane so far east in the Atlantic (June 29, longitude 49.3°W; old record 1933 Trinidad Hurricane, June 27, longitude 58.9°W)[/ul]
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Earliest Category 3 hurricane so far east in the Atlantic (June 30, longitude 53.9°W; old record Bertha, July 7, 54.1°W)[/ul]
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Earliest Category 4 hurricane in the Atlantic (old record Dennis, July 8, 2005; next earliest was the Great Bahamas Hurricane, July 26, 1926)[/ul]
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First storm on record to undergo rapid intensification (strengthen by at least 35 mph in 24 hours) in the tropical Atlantic east of the Lesser Antilles during the month of June[/ul]
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Earliest storm on record to undergo rapid intensification of at least 55 knots (63 mph) in 24 hours (for the 24 hours ending 18Z Jun. 30)[/ul]
Meanwhile TS Chris is giving E Mexico a soaking, but soon moving inland and fading out; another disturbance following in Beryl's tracks may be disadvantaged by cool water stirred up from the depths by Beryl.
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