Sep 28, 2012

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Beryl came ashore near Jacksonville Beach, FL overnight and packed a bigger punch than initially expected wind wise (70 mph max sustained winds officially). Fortunately damage was limited to trees and powerlines and perhaps superficial structural damage (especially to older outbuildings etc.). At the peak 37,000 lost power in the Jacksonville area. Moving forward Beryl’s main threat will now be heavy rainfall as the circulation remains over land through early Wed.morning. Once the center re-emerges off SC’s coast it is likely to regain tropical storm strength. Fortunately it will then be moving northeastward and out to sea. One interesting note will be to see if Beryl ever reached Hurricane status before landfall when NHC has time to analyze the event.

Elsewhere the basins have fallen quiet worldwide as the official hurricane season begins later this week in the Atlantic and East Pacific.

May 27, 2012

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In what has certainly been an unusually active pre-season for the tropics the latest is Subtropical Storm Beryl, off the southeastern US coast. This system has 50 mph max sustained winds and is classified subtropical because it has yet to fully acquire all tropical characteristics. For the observer on the ground it doesn’t make much difference when the storm arrives.

The storm is expected to make landfall tonight near the GA/FL border or slightly south in an unusual and rare approach from the east and northeast. There may be some scattered power outages and localized flooding due to heavy rainfall but as of now a major impact is not expected. The storm will then turn back northeast, likely as a depression, and move back into open waters away from land by midweek.