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| #201084 (Received by flhurricane at: 2:00 AM 15.Jul.2008) TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM BERTHA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 48A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL022008 200 AM AST TUE JUL 15 2008 ...OUTER BANDS OF BERTHA DEPARTING BERMUDA... AT 200 AM AST...0600 UTC...THE BERMUDA WEATHER SERVICE HAS DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR BERMUDA. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 200 AM AST...0600 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BERTHA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 34.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 63.6 WEST OR ABOUT 140 MILES...225 KM...NORTH-NORTHEAST OF BERMUDA. BERTHA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AND EAST IS FORECAST TODAY... FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST ON WEDNESDAY. ON THIS TRACK... BERTHA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM BERMUDA TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO...AND BERTHA COULD BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY AS BERTHA MOVES FARTHER AWAY FROM BERMUDA. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...220 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 995 MB...29.38 INCHES. LARGE SWELLS AND HIGH SURF ARE STILL AFFECTING BERMUDA...AND THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DECREASE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE ALSO OCCURRING ALONG THE U.S. EAST COAST FROM THE CAROLINAS THROUGH SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. REPEATING THE 200 AM AST POSITION...34.2 N...63.6 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 9 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. $$ FORECASTER KNABB |
