Oyster Radio: Tropics Update, Tuesday Morning Notes for Tropical Depression Beryl

Summary:

At 5am Tuesday, Tropical Depression Beryl was located about 10 miles northwest of Valdosta, Georgia.
Maximum sustained winds remain near 30 mph and little change in strength is forecast today.
Beryl is moving very slowly toward the north at 2 mph. The official forecast from the National Hurricane Center shows Beryl turning toward the northeast and increasing in forward speed today. Beryl is then expected to exit back into the western Atlantic off the South Carolina coast tomorrow morning. Once Beryl moves back over the Atlantic waters, some re-strengthening is possible and Beryl may become a tropical storm as it races into the open Atlantic.
The greatest threat for Florida continues to be heavy rainfall. An additional 3-6 inches of rain is possible through tomorrow morning over portions of Northeast Florida. Some locations received 15+ inches of rain yesterday. With the already saturated grounds, any additional rainfall will exacerbate our flooding concerns.
A Flood Watch remains in effect for Nassau, Duval, Clay, St. Johns, Putnam, Flagler, Marion, Hamilton, Suwannee, Columbia, Baker, Union, Bradford, Alachua, and Gilchrist Counties through this evening. A Flood Watch remains in effect until 10am this morning for Levy, Citrus, Hernando, Pasco and Sumter Counties.
Lingering ocean swells will continue the threat for a moderate risk of rip currents along the Atlantic Coast, mainly from Nassau County southward through Martin County.

Briefing Slides are attached. Another update will be issued Tuesday evening.

For more information, please visit the National Hurricane Center at www.nhc.noaa.gov, the Jacksonville National Weather Service Office at http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jax/, the Tallahassee National Weather Service Office at http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tlh/, or the Tampa National Weather Service at http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tbw/.

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