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| #201802 (Received by flhurricane at: 10:49 AM 19.Jul.2008) TCPAT2 BULLETIN HURRICANE BERTHA ADVISORY NUMBER 66 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL022008 1100 AM AST SAT JUL 19 2008 ...BERTHA STILL A HURRICANE HEADING RAPIDLY NORTHEASTWARD... AT 1100 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE BERTHA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 43.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 45.4 WEST OR ABOUT 450 MILES... 725 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND. BERTHA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH...41 KM/HR. A CONTINUED NORTHEASTWARD MOTION WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SLOW WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...AND BERTHA IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LOSING TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS LATER TODAY. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES...75 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES...325 KM. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 989 MB...29.21 INCHES. REPEATING THE 1100 AM AST POSITION...43.1 N...45.4 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...989 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 500 PM AST. $$ FORECASTER KNABB |
