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| #201655 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:31 PM 18.Jul.2008) TCPAT2 BULLETIN HURRICANE BERTHA ADVISORY NUMBER 63 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL022008 500 PM AST FRI JUL 18 2008 ...BERTHA BECOMES A HURRICANE AGAIN... AT 500 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE BERTHA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 37.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 50.6 WEST OR ABOUT 640 MILES... 1035 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND. BERTHA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 22 MPH...35 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. BERTHA SHOULD SLOWLY WEAKEN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND BEGIN TO LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS LATE ON SATURDAY. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES...75 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES...280 KM. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 989 MB...29.21 INCHES. REPEATING THE 500 PM AST POSITION...37.6 N...50.6 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 22 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...989 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 PM AST. $$ FORECASTER BLAKE |
