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AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BERTHA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 91.3 WEST... OVER SALT POINT LOUISIANA. BERTHA HAS DRIFTED SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. HOWEVER...MODEL GUIDANCE AND SATELLITE IMAGERY SUGGEST THE RESUMPTION OF A MORE SOUTHWESTERLY TRACK OVER THE NEXT 12 HOURS. THIS TRACK WOULD BRING BERTHA OVER SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND POSSIBLY THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. LITTLE CHANGE IN INTENSITY IS EXPECTED WHILE THE CENTER IS OVER LAND. REFER TO THE TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK ISSUED BY THE TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER UNDER AWIPS HEADER TWOAT AND WMO HEADER ABNT2O KNHC FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR REINTENSIFICATION IF BERTHA REEMERGES OVER THE GULF COASTAL WATERS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 13 MPH. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1011 MB. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT 12 HOURS. Hard to tell whats going on, but this is right on the coast SSE of Lafayette so I guess she's just about back over water. Guess we will know more in the morning. |