NOTE: Despite the WNW track Bertha is on now, she is forecast to curve to the NW and later north. The five-day track forecast is for her to pass east of Bermuda on Saturday and weaken to a tropical storm north or NE of Bermuda Sunday. (Remember, there can be errors in the track forecast that far out) Here is the latest advisory:
BULLETIN
HURRICANE BERTHA ADVISORY NUMBER 26
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL022008
1100 AM AST WED JUL 09 2008
…BERTHA MAINTAINING CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE STRENGTH…
AT 1100 AM AST…1500Z…THE CENTER OF HURRICANE BERTHA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 24.2 NORTH…LONGITUDE 57.5 WEST OR ABOUT 550 MILES…
885 KM…NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS AND ABOUT 715
MILES…1150 KM…SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
BERTHA IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH…
19 KM/HR. A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST WITH A DECREASE
IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH…120 KM/HR…WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES…45 KM…FROM
THE CENTER…AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140
MILES…220 KM.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 987 MB…29.15 INCHES.
REPEATING THE 1100 AM AST POSITION…24.2 N…57.5 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD…WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…75
MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…987 MB.
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 PM AST.
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FORECASTER RHOME
