Bertha now a Hurricane... First of the season!!

Bertha now a Hurricane... First of the season!!

www.nhc.noaa.gov

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HURRICANE BERTHA ADVISORY NUMBER 17
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL022008
500 AM AST MON JUL 07 2008

...BERTHA BECOMES THE FIRST HURRICANE OF THE 2008 ATLANTIC SEASON...

AT 500 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE BERTHA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 19.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 50.2 WEST OR ABOUT 845 MILES...
1365 KM...EAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.

BERTHA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH...28 KM/HR.
A CONTINUED WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...AS
BERTHA REMAINS OVER THE WATERS OF THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC.
IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF BERTHA WILL EVENTUALLY AFFECT
ANY LAND AREAS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED AND ARE NOW NEAR 75 MPH...120
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES...35 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115
MILES...185 KM.

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

REPEATING THE 500 AM AST POSITION...19.3 N...50.2 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75
MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...987 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 AM AST.

$$
FORECASTER KNABB

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It now shows this as a hurricane per the National Hurricane 5am estimate.. This could raise the prices of gasoline some more.. More as it comes...

www.nhc.noaa.gov
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reply to post by ats1629


I have a feeling this will be one to watch, it formed odd and early, noticed before it even got to water, I have a feeling Bertha is gonna be Bad Bertha.

reply to post by space cadet


I agree... I have been watching this since it formed.. Maybe Big Bertha... Some news outlets are starting to report this...

ap.google.com...

www.cnn.com...

Interesting note here...
www.eleconomista.es...

Energy markets have paid close attention to storms in the Atlantic since the devastating 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons, during which a number of powerful hurricanes ripped through the Gulf of Mexico, toppling oil rigs and severing pipelines.

I bet oil goes to $150 even though it likely wont hit any oil rigs in the gulf.. I am renting Madd Maxx again...

It must be the second because it contains a "B"

Anyway, its just a hurricane, like any other hurricane we have had for millions of years....

True, we can keep an eye on it, but its nothing mindboggling.

What will be mind boggling is IF this hurricane manages to effect the price of oil before a storm path has been predicted.

I was waiting for the first storms to start popping up. It is just my luck, I move to the Gulf Coast on Tuesday morning lol. Last time I tried to move there due to work, was a couple months before Katrina. I will definitely be keeping a close eye on this storm.