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Hurricane Beryl was a long-lived tropical cyclone that began across the deep tropical Atlantic’s Main Development Region on June 28th, and steered westward by a large mid to upper-level ridge of high pressure across the Central and Western North Atlantic Ocean. The tropical cyclone quickly strengthened to a tropical storm that evening, and a hurricane on June 29th. Beryl quickly strengthened to a major hurricane, making landfall on the island of Carriacou in Grenada as a high-end Category 4 on July 1st, and later strengthened to a category 5 in the Eastern Caribbean Sea. Weakening only very little, Beryl passed just south of Jamaca as a category 4 hurricane on July 3rd. Further weakening occurred before making a second landfall on the Yucatán Peninsula as a high-end category 2 hurricane early on July 5th.
Beryl weakened during its passage over the Yucatán Peninsula, emerging into the Southwest Gulf of Mexico the evening of July 5th as a strong tropical storm. Beryl began to move northwest as a large mid to upper-level trough of low pressure over the Central U.S. eroded the strong ridge of high pressure over the Gulf of Mexico. Also, increased wind shear and dry air entrainment limited any strengthening of Beryl, remaining nearly steady state through daybreak on July 7th. Later that morning, Beryl began to move north northwest towards the Central Texas coast as the mid to upper-level trough to the north deepened. Decreased wind shear and increased moisture allowed Beryl to slowly get better organized, re-attaining minimal hurricane strength by 11 PM CDT July 7th. Hurricane Beryl made landfall near Mategorda, Texas around 4 AM CDT July 8th with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (70 knots) and a minimum central pressure of 979 millibars (28.91 inches).
After landfall, Hurricane Beryl began to move north northeast, only slowly weakening the next several hours. Beryl weakened to a tropical storm just northwest of Houston by 10 AM CDT, with further weakening as it traveled northeast across East Texas. Beryl weakened to a tropical depression by 10 PM CDT just northwest of Shreveport, Louisiana. Beryl became a post tropical cyclone by late morning on July 9th across Northwest Arkansas, and moving quickly across the Northeast U.S. through July 10th.
