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Tropical Storm Beryl was a strong Cape Verde-type tropical storm of the 1982 Atlantic hurricane season. The third tropical cyclone of the season, Beryl formed on August 28 from a tropical wave that exited the coast of Africa on the previous day. Beryl quickly strengthened into a tropical storm while remaining just south of the Cape Verde Islands. Moving further from the coast of Africa, Tropical Storm Beryl continued to strengthen and nearly reached hurricane status on August 31. It remained weak for the rest of the duration and headed nearly due west until dissipating on September 6.

Tropical Storm Beryl affected only Cape Verde throughout its duration. Tropical Storm Beryl caused $3 million (1982 USD, $ USD) in damage as well as 3 casualties as it passed to the south of Brava Island in the Cape Verde archipelago.

Meteorological history
A well-developed tropical wave exited Africa on August 27. Shortly after emerging into the extreme southeastern Atlantic, it had already appear well-organized on satellite images. In addition, the disturbance had appeared to be a well-defined system as indicated by an observation in Dakar, Senegal.

By August 28, it had rapidly developed into the second tropical depression of the 1982 season. Tropical Depression Two moved slowly for a brief period of time, intensifying into Tropical Storm Beryl simultaneously. On August 29, it passed just south of the southernmost island in Cape Verde as it continued intensifying on its west-northwest track. While Tropical Storm Beryl passed south of Cape Verde, maximum sustained winds were already near 60 mph (95 km/h). Later that day, Tropical Storm Beryl moved away from Cape Verde, moving steadily west-northwestward in the open Atlantic.

An eye feature appeared in the convection on August 31, suggesting winds of near hurricane status. Dvorak technique estimated sustained winds as high as 80 mph (130 km/h), which would have normally indicated that it was a hurricane. Despite the eye feature and the wind estimate greater than 73 mph (118 km/h), Beryl was not upgraded to a hurricane. Tropical Storm Beryl was not upgraded to a hurricane since the eye feature was located on the western side of the deep convection and the storm was slightly asymmetric. Early on September 1, Tropical Storm Beryl attained its peak intensity just under hurricane status with winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 988 mbar (hPa; 29.18 inHg). The eye feature was described as "short-lived" in the preliminary report of Tropical Storm Beryl, as a subsequent weakening trend would occurred in the following days.

The following day after reaching peak intensity, September 2, strong wind shear caused the storm to deteriorate, leaving the low-level circulation exposed on the western side. Strong wind shear resulted in Beryl weakening to a tropical depression the later on September 2, and it continued nearly due westward without significant redevelopment. On September 5, a reconnaissance flight into the depression found winds of 65 mph (100 km/h); this was deemed unrepresentative of the actual intensity as it was recorded in a squall line and Beryl was not re-upgraded to a tropical storm. The depression became disorganized once more and by September 6, it was no longer identifiable on satellites. Due to becoming unidentifiable on satellites, the National Hurricane Center deemed that Beryl dissipated.

Impact
Early in its duration, Tropical Storm Beryl produced heavy rainfall and gusty winds on the Cape Verde island of Sal. The storm caused moderate damage across the archipelago, totaling $3 million (1982 USD). The passage of Beryl resulted in 3 casualties in Brava Island, as well as 122 injuries. In the period after the storm's passage, the United States provided humanitarian aid and economic assistance to the country, helping the archipelago to reverse the effects of Beryl.

Elsewhere, there were no impacts on land from Tropical Storm Beryl. As Beryl remained weak for much of its duration and remained mostly away from land, no watches or warning were issued in association with Beryl. In addition, no ships reported being affected by Tropical Storm Beryl.

Due to the overall light impact, the name Beryl was not retired in the spring of 1983. Subsequently, the name Beryl was re-used in 1988, 1994, 2000 and 2006. Remaining on the list of names, the name Beryl will likely be re-used again in 2012.