NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION BERYL ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION AT 12:00 NOON E.D.T WEDNESDAY 30TH MAY 2012.
...BERYL EXPECTED TO BECOME A POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE LATER TODAY...
AT 11:00AM E.D.T… THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BERYL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 34.2 °N AND LONGITUDE 78.0 °W OR ABOUT 160 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA.
BERYL IS MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MILES PER HOUR ...A CONTINUED EAST-NORTHEAST MOTION WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO. ON THE FORECAST TRACK THE CENTER OF BERYL IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ALONG OR JUST OFF THE COAST OF NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH THIS EVENING.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THERE IS A STRONG LIKELIHOOD THAT BERYL WILL LOSE ITS TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS LATER TODAY.
THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 6:00 PM.
PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: ……….PAT BUTLER
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