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TROPICAL STORM BERTHA ADVISORY NUMBER   8

NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL022008

1100 PM AST FRI JUL 04 2008

...BERTHA CONTINUING WESTWARD...STILL NO IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LAND...

AT 1100 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BERTHA WAS

LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 33.5 WEST OR ABOUT 630

MILES...1015 KM...WEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.

BERTHA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 21 MPH...33 KM/HR.  A GENERAL

WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF

DAYS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER

GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24

HOURS.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM

FROM THE CENTER.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 1100 PM AST POSITION...16.0 N...33.5 W.  MOVEMENT

TOWARD...WEST NEAR 21 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH.

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT

500 AM AST.

FORECASTER RHOME

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