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Tropical Storm BERTHA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM BERTHA ADVISORY NUMBER  58
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL022008
1100 AM AST THU JUL 17 2008 

...BERTHA STILL ON TRACK AWAY FROM LAND...
 
AT 1100 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BERTHA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 34.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 58.4 WEST OR ABOUT 390
MILES...630 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF BERMUDA AND ABOUT 905 MILES...
1460 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND.
 
BERTHA IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-SOUTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR.  A
MOTION TO THE EAST IS EXPECTED TODAY...WITH A TURN TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST AND SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED LIKELY ON FRIDAY.  
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48
HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...220 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 997 MB...29.44 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 1100 AM AST POSITION...34.2 N...58.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST-SOUTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...997 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 PM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BLAKE
 
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