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TROPICAL DEPRESSION BERTHA ADVISORY NUMBER  20
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
10 AM CDT FRI AUG 09 2002

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION MOVED INLAND...EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE LATER 
TODAY... 

AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL 
DEPRESSION BERTHA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  
98.0 WEST OR ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS. 
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 6 MPH... 9 KM/HR...AND 
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH...IN A FEW SQUALLS. 
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1012 MB...29.88 INCHES.

THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM BERTHA IS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. 
 
REPEATING THE 10 AM CDT POSITION...27.0 N... 98.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 30 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1012 MB.
 
THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM. FUTURE INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM CAN BE 
FOUND IN PUBLIC ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL 
PREDICTION CENTER...UNDER AWIPS HEADER TCPAT2 AND WMO HEADER WTNT32 
KWNH. 
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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