Hurricane Bertha

Public Advisory 49

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WTNT32 KNHC 150856
TCPAT2
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM BERTHA ADVISORY NUMBER 49
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL022008
500 AM AST TUE JUL 15 2008

...BERTHA ABOUT TO TURN EASTWARD AND MOVE FARTHER FROM BERMUDA...

AT 500 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BERTHA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 34.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 63.2 WEST OR ABOUT 190
MILES...305 KM...NORTH-NORTHEAST OF BERMUDA.

BERTHA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR.
A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AND EAST IS FORECAST TODAY...FOLLOWED
BY A TURN TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST ON WEDNESDAY...WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN
FORWARD SPEED. ON THIS TRACK...BERTHA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY
FROM BERMUDA TODAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR
TWO...AND BERTHA COULD BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...220 KM
FROM THE CENTER.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 995 MB...29.38 INCHES.

LARGE SWELLS AND HIGH SURF ARE STILL AFFECTING BERMUDA...BUT THESE
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY LESSEN DURING THE NEXT DAY OR
TWO. DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE ALSO OCCURRING ALONG THE U.S.
EAST COAST FROM THE CAROLINAS THROUGH SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.

REPEATING THE 500 AM AST POSITION...34.7 N...63.2 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70
MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...995 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 AM AST.

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FORECASTER KNABB