000
WTNT32 KNHC 170242
TCPAT2
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM BERTHA ADVISORY NUMBER  56
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL022008
1100 PM AST WED JUL 16 2008
 
AT 1100 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BERTHA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 35.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 59.8 WEST OR ABOUT 360
MILES...575 KM...NORTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
BERTHA IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR. THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH A TURN TOWARD
THE EAST ON THURSDAY...FOLLOWED BY A NORTHEASTWARD TURN ON FRIDAY.   
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 12 
TO 24 HOURS...BUT A SLOW DECREASE IN INTENSITY IS FORECAST TO START
ON FRIDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 160 MILES...260 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 995 MB...29.38 INCHES.
  
REPEATING THE 1100 PM AST POSITION...35.4 N...59.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...SOUTHEAST NEAR 8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...995 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BROWN