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Near the Lesser and Greater Antilles there is an area of disturbed weather moving over the central tropical Atlantic Ocean that is expected to interact with an approaching tropical wave during the next several days.

Florida professional meteorologists gather to prepare virtual attendees for this season's most active weeks ahead. Classes are offered each day, 4 times a day at different times.

A tropical disturbance with a low chance to develop to our east, and a stationary front bring higher storm chances in the coming days.

The National Weather Service says the annual pilgrimage of the Saharan dust has arrived in Florida, bringing with it enhanced sunrises/sunsets, a lull in tropical activity and trouble for allergy sufferers.

After a rash of rip current deaths in Florida, officials are urging people to stay extra vigilant the remainder of the holiday weekend as distant Hurricane Beryl churns up the surf along the Gulf Coast and southeastern U.S.

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.