Hurricane Bertha

Public Advisory 54

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WTNT32 KNHC 161431
TCPAT2
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM BERTHA ADVISORY NUMBER 54
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL022008
1100 AM AST WED JUL 16 2008

...BERTHA A LITTLE STRONGER...

AT 1100 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BERTHA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 36.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 60.7 WEST OR ABOUT 380
MILES...610 KM...NORTHEAST OF BERMUDA.

BERTHA IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 3 MPH...6 KM/HR. BERTHA IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST LATER TODAY AND TURN BACK TO
EAST ON THURSDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS.

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

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

REPEATING THE 1100 AM AST POSITION...36.6 N...60.7 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NEAR 3 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...995 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 PM AST.

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FORECASTER BLAKE