AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Reveals Where In The US Hurricane Beryl Could Hit

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AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Jonathan Porter joins "Forbes Newsroom" to discuss the life-threatening nature of Hurricane Beryl and its path.

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00:00Let's talk about the United States.

00:02This storm was on track to hit a part of Texas.

00:05Should the people of Texas be concerned

00:08and particularly what areas?

00:10OK, so Accuweather experts just in

00:12reviewing all of the latest data this

00:14afternoon we continue to raise our

00:16concern level about the risk for at

00:19least some rain and wind across

00:21portions of southeast Texas and our

00:23concerns are greatest from, for example,

00:26the Houston Galveston area over

00:28toward Port Arthur all the way south

00:30toward Corpus Christi and Brownsville.

00:32And the indication is that the

00:34storm as it heads into the weekend,

00:36it's going to change its character

00:38a little bit right now.

00:40What I mean by that right now,

00:42it's a pretty fast moving storm in

00:45the Caribbean, a very intense storm.

00:47As we head into the weekend,

00:49it's going to cross the Yucatan

00:51Peninsula in Mexico and end up

00:53in the southern Gulf of Mexico.

00:55That's a precarious position for

00:56the United States, especially for the.

00:58For the Western Gulf Coast,

01:00and especially for Texas.

01:01Now it's not going to have this.

01:03We do not expect it to say have the

01:05same intensity as it does in the

01:07Caribbean right now.

01:08That's why I mean the character

01:10of the storm will be different.

01:12It's likely to be a tropical storm or

01:14perhaps a Category 1 hurricane on

01:15the Saffir Simpson wind scale,

01:17but the issue is that we could be

01:19dealing with the risk for damaging

01:21winds along parts of the South Texas

01:23coastline, especially Corpus Christi

01:25on southbound and what we're most

01:27especially concerned about is the

01:28risk for flooding rainfall and the

01:30particular concern could be that if

01:32the steering winds in the atmosphere

01:34really slow down quite a lot,

01:36this storm could just slowly move

01:38in parts of Southeast Texas and

01:40could produce a very significant

01:41flooding concern in those areas,

01:43so that's not for sure at the moment.

01:45We're just raising that concern so

01:47that people are aware of it here.

01:49Over the coming days,

01:51it's something you want to stay

01:52tuned for.

01:53The AccuWeather forecast as we continue

01:55to refine that here over the next

01:57several days and those impacts,

01:58Brittany would likely start perhaps

02:00Sunday night or more likely Monday

02:02and Tuesday, so it's a long way out,

02:04but we want people to have this on their

02:06radar, no pun intended,

02:07so that they can start their early

02:10preparations and be aware of this threat,

02:12especially as we head into the US holiday.

02:14Sometimes people are understandably

02:16working on traveling or thinking

02:17about other things.

02:18It's very important to be aware of

02:20this threat, especially as we

02:22Head into the weekend and into next week.

02:24Josh, thank you.

02:25It's very important to be aware that

02:28this threat is there and stay tuned

02:30to later AccuWeather forecast so you

02:32can be best prepared and keep your

02:33family safer.

02:34Everyone definitely needs to be aware.

02:35Keep their eye out,

02:36especially as we head into the

02:38weekend and into next week.

AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Reveals Where In The US Hurricane Beryl Could Hit

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