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Tropical Storm BERTHA


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TROPICAL STORM BERTHA ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL032014
1100 PM AST SAT AUG 02 2014

...BERTHA REMAINS DISORGANIZED...
...EXPECTED TO MOVE NEAR THE TURKS AND CAICOS AND SOUTHEASTERN
BAHAMAS ON SUNDAY...


SUMMARY OF 1100 PM AST...0300 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...19.5N 69.7W
ABOUT 70 MI...110 KM ESE OF PUERTO PLATA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
ABOUT 165 MI...265 KM SE OF GRAND TURK ISLAND
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH...75 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 310 DEGREES AT 22 MPH...35 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1010 MB...29.83 INCHES


WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...

NONE.

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* THE EASTERN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FROM CABO FRANCES VIEJO TO
ISLA SAONA
* THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS...INCLUDING THE ACKLINS...CROOKED
ISLAND...LONG CAY...THE INAGUAS...MAYAGUANA...AND THE RAGGED ISLANDS
* THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* CENTRAL BAHAMAS...INCLUDING CAT ISLAND...THE EXUMAS...LONG
ISLAND...RUM CAY...AND SAN SALVADOR

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA...IN THIS CASE WITHIN
THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...IN THIS CASE WITHIN 24 HOURS.

INTERESTS ELSEWHERE ACROSS HISPANIOLA AND THE BAHAMAS SHOULD MONITOR
THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.


DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 1100 PM AST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BERTHA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 69.7 WEST. BERTHA IS
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 22 MPH...35 KM/H...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. A TURN
TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST AND THEN TOWARD THE NORTH IS EXPECTED
SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF
BERTHA WILL MOVE AWAY FROM THE NORTHEASTERN COAST OF THE DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC TONIGHT...MOVE NEAR OR OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS
AND TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS ON SUNDAY...AND MOVE EAST OF THE
CENTRAL BAHAMAS LATE SUNDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED REMAIN NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...WITH SOME
STRENGTHENING POSSIBLE BY MONDAY.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 160 MILES...260
KM...MAINLY TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1010 MB...29.83 INCHES.


HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN PORTIONS OF THE
EASTERN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE NEXT FEW
HOURS. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHEASTERN
BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS BY EARLY SUNDAY. TROPICAL
STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA IN THE CENTRAL
BAHAMAS LATE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT.

RAINFALL...BERTHA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3
INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
LEEWARD ISLANDS...EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AS WELL
AS THE TURKS AND CAICOS THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PUERTO RICO THROUGH
TONIGHT.


NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY...200 AM AST.
NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...500 AM AST.

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FORECASTER BRENNAN

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