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WTNT32 KNHC 140859
TCPAT2
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM BERTHA ADVISORY NUMBER  45
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL022008
500 AM AST MON JUL 14 2008

...WINDS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE ARRIVING IN BERMUDA...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BERMUDA.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 500 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BERTHA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 63.6 WEST OR ABOUT 90
MILES...145 KM...SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
BERTHA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR. 
A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH IS FORECAST TODAY...FOLLOWED BY A
GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST ON TUESDAY.  ON THIS TRACK...THE
CENTER OF BERTHA IS EXPECTED TO PASS JUST EAST OF BERMUDA LATER
TODAY.
 
BERTHA IS A STRONG TROPICAL STORM.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR
65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH
IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...220 KM
FROM THE CENTER.  COMMANDERS POINT...AN ELEVATED OBSERVING SITE IN
BERMUDA...RECENTLY REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 41 MPH...67
KM/HR...WITH A GUST TO 56 MPH...91 KM/HR.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 990 MB...29.23 INCHES.

LARGE SWELLS AND HIGH SURF ARE AFFECTING BERMUDA...AND THESE
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST FOR THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
 
BERTHA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN BERMUDA OF 3 TO 5
INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 500 AM AST POSITION...31.5 N...63.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...990 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 800 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 1100
AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER KNABB