Florida Public Radio Emergency Network

A heat advisory is in effect across most of the southern tip of Florida until Friday evening.

Beryl continues to hammer Jamaica on Wednesday, then the Cayman Islands. Long-term forecasts vary in final track and intensity.

After a deadly end to the month of June with rip current deaths, there will be a few days of calmer conditions before dangerous rip current risks arrive for the 4th of July holiday weekend.

Forecasters warn that Hurricane Beryl could be a sign of a very hyperactive hurricane season that is already one for the history books.

The NHC said that fluctuations in strength are common in major hurricanes in conducive environments, and it is expected that Beryl will also fluctuate in strength for the next day or so. There is high confidence that Beryl will remain an extremely dangerous hurricane through landfall in the Windward Islands.

Saturday afternoon, Tropical Storm Beryl intensified into a hurricane and was expected to quickly reach major storm status. A relatively quick westward to west-northwestward motion is expected during the next few days. On the forecast track, the system is expected to move across the Windward Islands late Sunday night and Monday.

Something that many people look at as "just" a hobby actually fulfills an important emergency niche during times when regular communications fail or aren't sufficient.Amateur radio operators — "Hams" in the vernacular — are often called upon to use their equipment during difficult times.Showing those skills recently were members of the Fort Myers Amateur Radio Club Inc. who participated in a national amateur radio Field Day exercise.

Deep Saharan dust will move and give way for a robust tropical way to enter the Caribbean and likely develop into a tropical system next week.

A new weather eye launched into space on Tuesday, June 25, with the latest technology that will help meteorologists and other scientists bring the best forecasts in Earth and Space.The launch can be seen on the NASA site here.

This week, June 23-29 is Lightning Safety Awareness Week. Florida is the deadliest state in the nation in terms of lightning. Between 2013 and 2022, there were 51 people killed by lightning in Florida. That's more than double the nation's 2nd deadliest state for lightning, Texas, where 19 people lost their lives in that stretch of time.