Tropical Storm Bertha
Position: 12.3N 56.6W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: West-Northwest [290°] near 20 mph [31 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 45 mph [ 75 kph].
Wind Gusts: 55 mph [ 90 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 45 miles [ 75 km].
Minimum central pressure: 1008 mb.
Currently about 275 miles [ 445 km] East-Southeast of Barbados.
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Barbados, St Lucia, and Dominica.
A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico, Vieques, Calebra, US Virgin Islands, and St Vincent & the Grenadines.
Invest 93 skipped the tropical depression stage and became a tropical storm this evening based on data from a Hurricane Hunter aircraft.
Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.
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