Hurricane Bertha (Was category-3)

[Somerset Squall]

They don't seem to make them like this any more. The retrograde motion with Ginger was pretty cool. I think I read about that hurricane somewhere before.

Wonder if we will get a Cat 5 this year? If so, let's hope it's a fish.....

Definitely agree with that.

Here is the track for Ginger, must have been a nightmare to try and forecast!

[Paranoid]

Goodbye Bertha

...BERTHA BECOMES EXTRATROPICAL OVER THE FAR NORTH ATLANTIC...

AT 1100 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BERTHA WAS

LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 51.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 35.7 WEST OR ABOUT 850

MILES...1365 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND AND ABOUT

1020 MILES...1640 KM...SOUTHWEST OF REYKJAVIK ICELAND.

BERTHA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 36 MPH...57 KM/HR...AND

THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER

GUSTS. BERTHA HAS LOST TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND IS EXPECTED TO

SLOWLY WEAKEN DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES...370 KM

FROM THE CENTER.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 987 MB...29.15 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 1100 AM AST POSITION...51.3 N...35.7 W. MOVEMENT

TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 36 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH.

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...987 MB.

THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE

CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM. FUTURE INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM CAN BE

FOUND IN HIGH SEAS FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE...UNDER AWIPS HEADER NFDHSFAT1 AND WMO HEADER FZNT01 KWBC.

$$

FORECASTER KNABB/BLAKE

Edited July 20, 2008 by Paranoid

[Cookie]

final warning for what has been a very intresting system indeed

Storm Alert issued at 20 Jul, 2008 15:00 GMT (Final Warning)

Tropical Storm BERTHA is forecast to strike land to the following likelihood(s) at the given lead time(s):

Green Alert Country(s) or Province(s)

Iceland

probability for TS is 40% in about 21 hours

Note that

Green Alert (Low) is TS to between 31% and 50% probability.

TS means Tropical Storm strength winds of at least 39 mph, 63 km/h or 34 knots 1-min sustained.

[opplevelse]

You can see clearly how the remains of Bertha will affect the UK and Scandinavia on this satellite animation ...

http://www.yr.no/satellitt/1.5941760

ExBertha is about to hit Iceland, with a stream of cloud flowing all the way down to Northern parts of the UK and Ireland.

[Cookie]

winds have picked up here to around 40 mph possible affects from Bertha?

[Somerset Squall]

winds have picked up here to around 40 mph possible affects from Bertha?

Yes, the extratropical low with Bertha's remnants is off to the northwest of Scotland now, strongest winds will remain near Iceland though.

Edited July 21, 2008 by Somerset Squall

[Cookie]

that is really cool that was a hurricane a few days ago!