He Hurricane Beryl calls the attention of meteorological experts for their rapid strengthening becoming an unprecedented storm, which foreshadows an atypical season, explains the news agency The Associated Press; although the dimension of the diameter of its eye or center causes curiosity.
Beryl has already broken several records before its hurricane-force winds even approached land, behaving more like the “monsters” that form at the peak of the cyclone season in September than the storms of July.
Why does Hurricane Beryl portend an atypical season?
“This is the kind of storm we’re expecting this year, these atypical things happening when and where they shouldn’t,” said Brian McNoldy, a tropical climate researcher at the University of Miami.
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For his part, Phil Klotzbach, a hurricane researcher at Colorado State University, called Beryl “potential harbinger of more interesting things to come” And “It’s not that Beryl isn’t interesting in itself, but it might pose more threats and more storms of this type, and not just one, but several.”
Hurricane Beryl records
- Beryl broke the record for the earliest Category 4 with winds of at least 130 mph (209 km/h), and the first Category 4 hurricane in history in June.
- It was also the first storm to rapidly intensify, with winds reaching 63 mph (102 km/h) within 24 hours, making it go from an unnamed tropical depression to a Category 4 in 48 hours.
- Late on Monday, June 1, Beryl reached the category 5 and became the first hurricane of that strength in the Atlantic basinin that category have winds that exceed 157 mph (252 km/h).
- It is also the second Category 5 hurricane to form in July, following Hurricane Emily in 2005, the National Hurricane Center reported.
On Wednesday, July 3, Margarita Méndez Girón, head of the National Meteorological Service (SMN), announced that, according to forecast models, Hurricane “Beryl” will hit the coasts of Quintana Roo as a phenomenon that had dropped to Category 2.
But in one Updated at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 4, it returned to category 3the National Hurricane Center reported (NHC (by its acronym in English) of the United States and Your entry to the Yucatan Peninsula would be through Tulum Thursday night or early Friday morning, and for now it has maximum sustained winds of 185 kilometers per hour.
How big is the eye of Hurricane Beryl?
He explained that the eye of Hurricane Beryl, currently Category 3 (updated at 7:30 p.m.), measures 37 kilometers in diameter, while its total diameter covers 500 kilometers.
“We are talking regarding a hurricane of great magnitude, especially as it passes through the Caribbean,” he added. He indicated that the diameter of the eye of this type of phenomenon is usually between 35 and 50 kilometers.
To give an idea of the magnitude of this hurricane, a comparison was made with Mexico City. According to Google Maps, the longest straight line in the city, from Tlalpan to Gustavo A. Madero, measures 58.8 kilometers. The eye of “Beryl” alone would encompass a large part of the Mexican capital.
What is the eye of the hurricane?
The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources explains on its website that The eye of a hurricane is the central region of the tropical cyclone. where the weather conditions are generally calmer in contrast to the chaos and force of the rest of it.
Its diameter can vary between 24 and 40 kilometers, although in some cases it can reach up to 100 kilometers.
The eyewall is composed of dense clouds and is the region where the most intense winds of the phenomenon are found.
The spiral cloud bands around the eye converge towards its center in a cyclonic manner.
How is a hurricane formed?
The first condition necessary for a hurricane to form is ocean waters exceed 26 ºC, From this value onwards, significant evaporation occurs and moisture is supplied to the storm system, which helps it develop a solid constitution and become a hurricane.
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Below this temperature value, hurricanes will not form or will weaken rapidly once they move into waters below this threshold.
Hurricane categories and damage they cause
Hurricanes are classified into categories based on the damage they cause:
- Category 1: No damage to buildings. Damage to mobile homes and trees. Coastal flooding.
- Category 2: Damage to roofs, doors and windows. Damage to vegetation and mobile homes. Flooding and failure of small dams and bridges.
- Category 3: Structural damage to homes and small buildings. Destruction of mobile homes. Major flooding.
- Category 4: Collapse of small buildings and residential houses. Beach erosion and extensive flooding.
- Category 5: Complete destruction of roofs and residential houses. Severe flooding and total evacuation.
- Category 6: Theoretically possible with winds of 350 km/h.
A study by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) indicates that the hurricane is the most severe of the meteorological phenomena known as tropical cyclones.
This year, the Atlantic is set to have a very active hurricane season, with the possibility of up to 13 hurricanes, of which up to seven might be major, according to NOAA.
He National Hurricane Center (NHC) predicts a possible weakening of Hurricane Beryl in the next few hours when it makes landfall on the Yucatan Peninsula, but it is still a major cyclone.
The community and authorities are therefore on alert, preparing to face the effects of the powerful hurricane Beryl in the coming hours.
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2024-07-09 10:06:08