Tropical Storm Bertha 11 PM AST July 06 2008 Getting stronger.

[alfredo]

WTNT32 KNHC 070234
TCPAT2
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM BERTHA ADVISORY NUMBER 16
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL022008
1100 PM AST SUN JUL 06 2008

...BERTHA RIGHT ON TRACK...APPEARS TO BE ON ITS WAY TO BECOME A
HURRICANE...

AT 1100 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BERTHA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 48.9 WEST OR ABOUT 930
MILES...1500 KM...EAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.

BERTHA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 20 MPH...32 KM/HR.
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS
WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. IT TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE
IF BERTHA EVENTUALLY AFFECT ANY LAND AREAS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 65 MPH...100
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. BERTHA WILL LIKELY BECOME A HURRICANE ON
MONDAY.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM...
MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 994 MB...29.35 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 1100 PM AST POSITION...18.6 N...48.9 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 20 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65
MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...994 MB.

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

$$
FORECASTER AVILA




The models show it turning away from the US, but don't drop your guard on the east coast. You people in Bermuda, good luck.

[malaise]

1. Bertha now a hurricane

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200802_sat.html#a_topad

[ProdigalJunkMail]

2. the NHC currently eyeing direct hit on Bermuda...

let's hope (and for those who pray) that this will turn and just fizzle in the northern Atlantic...

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at2.shtml?5day?large#contents

sP

[alfredo]

6. I've seen storms do a loop in the Atlantic and head right for the US.

[bdamomma]

3. We people in Bermuda survived Hurricane Fabian

I am sure we can survive this one if it happens to visit us, hope it stays away from us.


http://www.weather.bm/index.asp

[alfredo]

7. The worst they predict is Cat 2. Bad enough, but it could be worse.

[malaise]

12. It's Cat 3 now n/t

[alfredo]

13. Bertha seems to have a lot of people scratching their heads. The

current models show that the eye will pass east of Bermuda. That's good news.

[Mabus]

4. What are the ocean temps?

Any idea?

[alfredo]

10. Looks like it's over 70 degrees or 26 C. Warm enough for a hurricane.

[alfredo]

5. Great Gif of Bertha

[malaise]

8. Wow!

Thanks. :hi:

[alfredo]

9. Glad it is staying away from the mainland, but Sorry about Bermuda.

[alfredo]

11. Satellite image of Bertha

[dysfunctional press]

14. hurricanes happen...why do some people wet their pants over them in the mid-atlantic?

:shrug:

[alfredo]

15. They're interesting to watch. Notice something else is forming

in west Africa. Look at the OP.

If the hurricane has the potential of hitting a fellow DU'er, then it is important to watch and report what we find.

[dysfunctional press]

16. good luck with that...

"If the hurricane has the potential of hitting a fellow DU'er, then it is important to watch and report what we find."

:eyes:

[alfredo]

17. Gotta watch out for each other.

[dysfunctional press]

18. yeah...because people with computors have no way of doing it for themselves...

:eyes: :eyes:

[alfredo]

19. Not everybody thinks of checking places like Weather Underground.

The MSM isn't going to report until it appears it is a sure thing.

[dysfunctional press]

20. go for it, then...everyone needs a hobby.

:eyes: :eyes: :eyes:

[alfredo]

21. I went from compulsive worker to a disabled retiree, I need hobbies.

[dysfunctional press]

22. i've been a disabled retiree for over 10 years now...since i was 37.

hobbies are my life.

[alfredo]

23. I've been out for seven years. It only seems like yesterday.