A Billet-Doux From Forecaster Stewart

TROPICAL STORM BERYL TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL022006
455 PM EDT TUE JUL 18 2006
...RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT DATA INDICATES THAT TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO HAS REACHED TROPICAL STORM STATUS...SHORTLY BEFORE 445 PM CDT...RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATED FLIGHT-LEVEL WINDS OF 46-47 KT IN THE SOUTHEASTERN QUADRANT...ALONG WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1007 MB...OR 29.74 INCHES. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS IN CYCLONE ARE NOW ESTIMATED TO BE AT LEAST 40 MPH IN THE EASTERN SEMICIRCLE...AND THE SYSTEM IS BEING DESIGNATED TROPICAL STORM BERYL. THIS NEW STORM STATUS WILL BE REFLECTED IN NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER GRAPHICS PRODUCTS AND ALSO IN THE NEXT INTERMEDIATE PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED AT 8 PM EDT.

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FORECASTER STEWART