Hurricane Bertha

Public Advisory 9A



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WTNT33 KNHC 030550
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TROPICAL STORM BERTHA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 9A
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL032014
200 AM AST SUN AUG 03 2014

...BERTHA EXPECTED TO MOVE NEAR THE TURKS AND CAICOS AND
SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS LATER TODAY...


SUMMARY OF 200 AM AST...0600 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...20.2N 70.5W
ABOUT 30 MI...45 KM N OF PUERTO PLATA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
ABOUT 95 MI...150 KM SE OF GRAND TURK ISLAND
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH...75 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 310 DEGREES AT 21 MPH...33 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1012 MB...29.88 INCHES


WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...

NONE.

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* THE EASTERN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FROM CABO FRANCES VIEJO TO
ISLA SAONA
* THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS...INCLUDING THE ACKLINS...CROOKED
ISLAND...LONG CAY...THE INAGUAS...MAYAGUANA...AND THE RAGGED ISLANDS
* THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* CENTRAL BAHAMAS...INCLUDING CAT ISLAND...THE EXUMAS...LONG
ISLAND...RUM CAY...AND SAN SALVADOR

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA...IN THIS CASE WITHIN
THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...IN THIS CASE WITHIN 24 HOURS.

INTERESTS ELSEWHERE ACROSS HISPANIOLA AND THE BAHAMAS SHOULD MONITOR
THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA OUTSIDE OF THE
UNITED STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL
METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.


DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 200 AM AST...0600 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BERTHA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 70.5 WEST. BERTHA IS
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 21 MPH...33 KM/H...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. A TURN TOWARD THE
NORTH-NORTHWEST AND THEN TOWARD THE NORTH IS EXPECTED BY TONIGHT
AND EARLY MONDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF BERTHA WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE NORTHEASTERN COAST OF THE DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC THIS MORNING...MOVE NEAR OR OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS
AND TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS BY THIS AFTERNOON...AND MOVE EAST OF
THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS LATE TONIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED REMAIN NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED TODAY. SOME STRENGTHENING IS
POSSIBLE ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 160 MILES...260
KM...MAINLY TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1012 MB...29.88 INCHES.


HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN PORTIONS OF THE
EASTERN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE NEXT FEW
HOURS. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHEASTERN
BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS BY THIS AFTERNOON. TROPICAL
STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA IN THE CENTRAL
BAHAMAS BY THIS EVENING.

RAINFALL...BERTHA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3
INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
LEEWARD ISLANDS...EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AS WELL
AS THE TURKS AND CAICOS THROUGH TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PUERTO RICO THROUGH
THIS MORNING.


NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...500 AM AST.

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FORECASTER STEWART