 From the Automated Office System Studios on Seville 1075, WCHV FM, Charlottesville. Even the Yucatan Peninsula will want to monitor the progress of Beryl through the next several days. Beryl is expected to strengthen to a Cat 3 hurricane, packing 125-mile-per-hour winds, bringing 3 to 6 inches of rain across Barbados and the Windward Islands tonight. The Hurricane Center says Beryl may reach Mexico by Thursday.