Tropical Storm Beryl (2006)

**Tropical Storm Beryl** was the third tropical storm of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season. Developing from a tropical disturbance on July 18, it tracked  northward, and strengthened to attain peak winds of 60&nbsp;mph (95&nbsp;km/h) under generally favorable conditions. After turning to the northeast, Beryl weakened over cooler waters. On July 21 it struck the island of Nantucket, and shortly thereafter it became extratropical. The extratropical remnants continued northeastward through Nova Scotia, and on July 22 it merged with an approaching cold front.

Beryl produced rough seas along the northeast United States coastline. In Massachusetts. Its impact was limited to light rainfall and gusty winds, with no reported damage. Beryl later produced moderate rainfall and gusty winds across Atlantic Canada, resulting in some localized power outages though little damage. No deaths were reported.

## Storm history
A cold front moved off the East Coast of the United States on July 16 and stalled off the coast of North Carolina. It slowly decayed into a surface low pressure trough, and developed into two disturbances; one was 290&nbsp;miles (490&nbsp;km) south-southeast of Cape Cod and another was  200&nbsp;miles (320&nbsp;km) south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.  The first low quickly organized into an unnamed tropical storm, and the other area stayed broad and disorganized.  However, by July 18, the system became much better organized with improved banding features, and the area developed into Tropical Depression Two while located 220&nbsp;miles (355&nbsp;km) south-southeast of Cape Hatteras.

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The depression moved slowly to the north-northwest through a break in the subtropical ridge, though deep convection re-developed the following morning.  Outflow continued to improve, and with warm sea surface temperatures Beryl slowly strengthened further to reach peak winds of 60&nbsp;mph (95&nbsp;km/h) early on July 20 about 120&nbsp;miles (190&nbsp;km) east of Nags Head, North Carolina. Late on July 20, it began a slow weakening trend after passing over cooler waters. Steering winds ahead of an approaching mid-level trough caused Beryl to speed up northeastward, and early on July 21 the center of the storm crossed the island of Nantucket. and shortly after 1200&nbsp;UTC on July 21 Beryl became an extratropical cyclone a short distance east of Cape Cod.  Across southeastern Massachusetts, police departments maintained extra staff in preparation for any potential problems from the storm. Many fishermen secured their boats, while some business owners boarded up windows to prevent storm damage.  Waves along the southern coast of Nantucket reached 10&nbsp;feet in height as the storm approached the island, resulting in four people being rescued by lifeguards from rip currents. High surf was also reported along the southern coast of Massachusetts and Rhode Island.  Beryl also produced a storm surge of 0.9&nbsp;feet on Nantucket. Winds across southeastern Massachusetts were fairly light, with no sustained tropical storm force winds and wind gusts peaking at 44&nbsp;mph; unofficially gusts reached 51&nbsp;mph.  Rainfall along southeastern Massachusetts reached 0.33&nbsp;inches at Chatham. Overall impact was minor; there were no reported power outages,

The remnants of Beryl dropped moderate precipitation in Atlantic Canada, officially peaking at 2.8&nbsp;inches (71&nbsp;mm) in Scotts Bay, Nova Scotia with an unofficially higher total of 3.5&nbsp;inches (88&nbsp;mm); in some locations 1&nbsp;inch of rain fell in an hour. Additionally, a station in Fredericton, New Brunswick reported 1.77&nbsp;inches (45&nbsp;mm) in 2&nbsp;hours.  The rainfall caused some flooding, with some overflown streams flooding some streets. Moderate winds were reported along its path, which peaked at 60&nbsp;mph (96&nbsp;km/h) in southern Nova Scotia. The winds downed some tree limbs and led to some power outages. Overall damage was minor.

## Related pages
* 2006 Atlantic hurricane season
* List of hurricanes in Connecticut

## References
## Other websites
* NHC's archive on Tropical Storm Beryl