Hurricane Beryl’s eye passing south of Barbados

The eye of Hurricane Beryl is passing south of Barbados.

Beryl, now a strong category 3 hurricane, has maximum sustained winds of 120 MPH (195 Km/h).

At 5:00 a.m. the eye was located near 11.7N 59.9W or about 130 km (110 miles) south of Barbados.

Feeder bands of Hurricane Beryl will continue to bring storm-force winds of 40 to 50 mph across the island into the late morning.

The system continues to move westward at 20 MPH (31 km/h) with a minimum central pressure of 965mb. Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 45 km (30 miles) from the centre and tropical storm-force winds extend outward up to 185 km (115 miles).

The next update will be at 8:00 a.m.

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