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Tropical Storm BERTHA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM BERTHA ADVISORY NUMBER  60
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL022008
1100 PM AST THU JUL 17 2008
 
...BERTHA MOVING EASTWARD OVER THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC... 
 
AT 1100 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BERTHA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 55.4 WEST OR ABOUT 555
MILES...895 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF BERMUDA AND ABOUT 895 MILES...
1435 KM...SOUTH OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND.
 
BERTHA IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 17 MPH...28 KM/HR. A TURN
TOWARD THE NORTHEAST WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED
DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...220 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 997 MB...29.44 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 1100 PM AST POSITION...33.9 N...55.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...997 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER RHOME
 
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