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WTNT32 KNHC 162042
TCPAT2
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM BERTHA ADVISORY NUMBER  55
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL022008
500 PM AST WED JUL 16 2008

...BERTHA TURNS TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST...
 
AT 500 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BERTHA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 36.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 60.5 WEST OR ABOUT 360
MILES...580 KM...NORTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
BERTHA IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST NEAR 5 MPH...7 KM/HR.  THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH A TURN TOWARD
THE 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 24
HOURS WITH SOME SLOW DECREASE IN STRENGTH FORECAST STARTING LATE ON
THURSDAY.  
 
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 500 PM AST POSITION...36.1 N...60.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...SOUTHEAST NEAR 5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...995 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 PM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BLAKE