Wind goes out of Beryl's sails

U.S. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BULLETIN

********************** NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL

500 PM EDT THU JUL 20 2006

BERYL GRADUALLY WEAKENING. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS FROM PLYMOUTH TO WOODS HOLE, INCLUDING CAPE COD, NANTUCKET ISLAND AND MARTHA'S VINEYARD. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF WOODS HOLE MASSACHUSETTS WESTWARD TO NEW HAVEN CONNECTICUT, AND FOR EASTERN LONG ISLAND EAST OF FIRE ISLAND INLET AND FORT JEFFERSON HARBOR. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA, INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS, PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 5 P.M. EDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BERYL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 39.6 NORTH, LONGITUDE 72.0 WEST OR ABOUT 125 MILES (205 KM) SOUTHEAST OF NEW YORK CITY AND ABOUT 155 MILES (250 KM) SOUTHWEST OF NANTUCKET MASSACHUSETTS. BERYL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 14 MPH (22 KM/HR) ON THIS TRACK, BERYL WILL BE PASSING NEAR OR OVER NANTUCKET ISLAND AND SOUTHEASTERN CAPE COD LATER TONIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 50 MPH (85 KM/HR) WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES (220 KM) TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER. LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE WAS 1002 MB OR 29.59 INCHES.

STORM SURGE OF ONE TO THREE FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA. STORM TOTAL RAINFALLS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH BERYL.

THESE RAINS EXTEND WELL TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER. ***********************