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TROPICAL STORM BERTHA SPECIAL FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL   AL0202
2330Z MON AUG 05 2002
 
AT 630 PM CDT...2330Z...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
THE MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COASTS FROM PASCAGOULA
MISSISSIPPI WEST AND SOUTH TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...
INCLUDING LAKE BORGNE AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 29.4N  89.0W AT 05/2330Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  75 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHWEST OR 310 DEGREES AT   6 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1009 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  35 KT WITH GUSTS TO  45 KT.
34 KT....... 50NE  20SE  20SW  35NW.
12 FT SEAS.. 50NE   0SE   0SW  50NW.
WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT.  RADII IN NAUTICAL
MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT.
 
REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 29.4N  89.0W AT 05/2330Z
AT 04/2100Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 29.3N  88.9W
 
FORECAST VALID 05/0600Z 30.8N  89.8W...INLAND
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT... 55NE  40SE  25SW  45NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 05/1800Z 30.5N  91.2W...INLAND AND DISSIPATING
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 06/0600Z 30.9N  92.8W...INLAND AND DISSIPATING
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 29.4N  89.0W
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE
 
OUTLOOK VALID 06/1800Z 31.4N  94.5W...INLAND AND DISSIPATING
MAX WIND  20 KT...GUSTS  25 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 07/1800Z...DISSIPATED
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 05/0300Z
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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