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Tropical Storm Beryl
A front moved off the east coast of the United States and most of it began to dissipate, but the southern portion of the front remained intact and stalled. This allowed the former front, now separated into two tropical disturbances, to organize themselves while over the Gulf Stream. The northernmost disturbance quickly organized, but moved into the cold waters of the North Atlantic before it could become a tropical depression. Because of the weak steering currents, the southern disturbance slowly drifted south and organized itself to be designated the second tropical cyclone of the season, after over a month of inactivity.

Current Storm Information
As of 5 p.m. EDT on 18 July (2100 UTC), Beryl was located near 32.8°N, 73.4°W. It had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (55 km/h), with higher gusts. The storm was moving toward the north at about 6mph (8 km/h). The minimum central pressure was 1008 mbar (29.85 inHg).

Warnings and Watches
Coastal warnings and watches:
A tropical storm watch has been issued for the eastern coast of North Carolina, from north of Cape Lookout northward to south of Currituck Beach Lighthouse.
See the 's latest public advisory on Tropical Depression Two.
See the 's latest forecast discussion on Tropical Depression Two.

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Figure 1: Tropical Storm Beryl

Figure 2: East Atlantic Wave

Figure 4: Tropical Storm Beryl

Figure 5: Tropical Atlantic

Edited by Weather456 (Tue Jul 18 2006 10:14 PM)

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