WxWatcher007

Gust to 76 at Port O’Connor

Rocking

Starting to rock.

Those FL winds are nothing to sneeze at. Still getting deep convection wrapping around the core so the only limitation at this point is time.

Power starting to go out in the area

What do you know. Center tightens and the winds go up. Multiple unflagged SFMR of 72kt.

Recon finding stronger FL winds. Latest VDM had a peak FL wind of 77kt but well away from the center still. That said, the eye has dramatically contracted, from 58 miles six hours ago to 8nm now. That’s a feat in itself lol.

Windier than it looks. That lead band was pretty strong with good gusts and plenty of lightning.

Very little in the way of pressure falls so far. I’m just in chips fall mode at this point. At least the bands are putting on a show.

Beryl barely moved between those center fixes.

I feel like we keep saying this, but this is the best it has looked. Almost a fully closed eye and lightning starting (maybe) to show up in the northern eyewall. Yep. We’re likely to avoid a real disaster. I’m not sure it’s going to ride due north the next ~9 hours, but wobbles of course always matter in these final hours.

Despite being on the cusp of hurricane status again I totally agree. Too broad, too much time mixing out dry air, not much time left. Gradual is the word of the day. Only thing to watch however is that conditions improve all the way to the coast.

Easy to do with a 58 mile wide ragged eye. It’s even larger than it was earlier.

Based on the recon data, I think it’s finally starting to intensify. May be close to hurricane strength based on latest dropsonde and recon data.

Product: Air Force Temp Drop (Dropsonde) Message (UZNT13 KNHC)Transmitted: 7th day of the month at 22:01ZAgency: United States Air ForceAircraft: Lockheed WC-130J Hercules with reg. number AF96-5301Storm Name: BerylStorm Number: 02 (flight in the North Atlantic basin)Mission Number: 29Observation Number: 22 ( See all messages of this type for this mission. )Part A... Date: Near the closest hour of 22Z on the 7th day of the month Highest Mandatory Level For Which Wind Was Reported: 850mb Coordinates: 26.5N 95.3W Location: 141 statute miles (227 km) to the ENE (74°) from Brownsville, TX, USA. Marsden Square: 082 ( About ) Surface and Standard Isobaric Surfaces Level Geo. Height Air Temp. Dew Point Wind Direction Wind Speed 1000mb -66m (-217 ft) This level does not exist in this area of the storm above the surface level. 993mb (29.33 inHg) Surface (Sea Level) 25.6°C(78.1°F) 24.5°C (76°F) 190° (from the S) 64 knots (74 mph) 925mb 622m (2,041 ft) 23.6°C(74.5°F) 21.7°C (71°F) 195° (from the SSW) 63 knots (72 mph) 850mb 1,359m(4,459 ft) 19.4°C(66.9°F) 19.0°C (66°F) 190° (from the S) 63 knots (72 mph) 700mb 3,024m(9,921 ft) Other data not available. Information About Radiosonde: - Launch Time: 21:43Z - About Sonde: A descending radiosonde tracked automatically by satellite navigation with no solar or infrared correction. Remarks Section... Dropsonde Location: Dropped in maximum wind band. Highest altitude where wind was reported: - Location: 26.50N 95.26W - Time: 21:43:49Z Lowest altitude where wind was reported: - Location: 26.55N 95.23W - Time: 21:47:36Z Mean Boundary Level Wind (mean wind in the lowest 500 geopotential meters of the sounding): - Wind Direction: 190° (from the S) - Wind Speed: 67 knots (77 mph) Deep Layer Mean Wind (average wind over the depth of the sounding): - Wind Direction: 200° (from the SSW) - Wind Speed: 59 knots (68 mph) - Depth of Sounding: From 711mb to 992mb Average Wind Over Lowest Available 150 geopotential meters (gpm) of the sounding: - Lowest 150m: 157 gpm - 7 gpm (515 geo. feet - 23 geo. feet) - Wind Direction: 190° (from the S) - Wind Speed: 69 knots (79 mph) Sounding Software Version: AEV 30407 Part B: Data for Significant Levels... Significant Temperature And Relative Humidity Levels Level Air Temperature Dew Point 993mb (Surface) 25.6°C (78.1°F) 24.5°C (76°F) 850mb 19.4°C (66.9°F) 19.0°C (66°F) 762mb 17.0°C (62.6°F) 17.0°C (63°F) Significant Wind Levels Level Wind Direction Wind Speed 993mb (Surface) 190° (from the S) 64 knots (74 mph) 981mb 190° (from the S) 70 knots (81 mph) 881mb 190° (from the S) 60 knots (69 mph) 850mb 190° (from the S) 63 knots (72 mph) 770mb 220° (from the SW) 56 knots (64 mph) Dropsonde Diagram 0102030401000925850700Temperature (°C)Pressure Level (mb)Dew PointAirWind (kts)Beryl ()Mission 29 - AF301Time: 21:43Z on 7th day of monthObservation Number: 22Location: 26.50N 95.26W Lines Points Diagram Type: Skew-TStüve Line Thickness: Point Width: Font Setting:

First evidence IMO from recon that winds are responding to the gradual organization. @cptcatz beat me to it. Also had an unflagged 59 & 60kt SFMR. Came in heavier rain though so could be contaminated. Down to 986mb on the latest pass. Cropped YouTube video of the most recent band.

Cropped YouTube video

Taken about ten minutes ago with the latest band. Came together and fell apart quickly—as is usually the case with these tropical cells.

Just took this about ten minutes ago. Came together and fell apart fast.

It’s a ragged look on IR and radar. Nothing really impressive. Just a gradual increase in organization and drop in pressure.

The 12z runs Again, I think the HAFS & HMON are underplaying the current structure. HWRF is **clearly** an outlier however.

Hmm. 12z HWRF really goes to town. It’s at 97kt at landfall. I guess it still shows that if everything comes together a major is still plausible even if highly unlikely.

The last VDM from recon had an eye that was 48nm (55mi) wide and was open in the NW. Since then Beryl’s inner core has tightened and is probably ~30-35mi now. It’s still not a solid eyewall, but it’s moving toward that absent a convective collapse. I was skeptical of a major yesterday and deeply skeptical today. I do think the 12z hurricane guidance (still waiting on HWRF, which has been great so far) is underplaying things with how they initialized a clearly less organized core than we see currently. Dry air is still an issue. That’s a critical issue. Next few hours are important. Still leaning high end 1/low end 2.