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Wed Aug 07 2002 03:11 AM
Latest on Bertha..

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.



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