Bahamas Weather
6pm News item on Tropical Depression Bertha
By Bahamas Department Of Meteorology
May 27, 2020 - 6:05:38 PM

NEWS ITEM

THIS IS A NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION BERTHA ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE, AT 6PM, WEDNESDAY, 27TH MAY, 2020.

…CENTER OF BERTHA MOVING FARTHER INLAND…

…HEAVY RAINFALL SPREADING ACROSS THE CAROLINAS…

AT 5:00 PM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BERTHA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 34.4° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 80.3° WEST OR 55 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA OR 95 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA.

BERTHA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MILES PER HOUR.  A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH AT A FASTER FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TONIGHT, FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY.  ON THE FORECAST TRACK BERTHA WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING AND INTO CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA LATER TONIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 30 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAINLY ALONG THE COAST TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.  ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED, AND BERTHA IS FORECAST TO DEGENERATE TO A REMNANT LOW PRESSURE AREA ON THURSDAY.

THIS IS THE LAST NEWS ITEM TO BE ISSUED ON THIS SYSTEM.

PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: K. WARD-FORBES
WEDNESDAY, 27TH MAY 2020 @ 5:55 PM

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