A lot is going on in the tropics. Bertha has been back to hurricane status for about the past day with maximum sustained winds near 75 mph. Right now Bertha is about 490 miles east-southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland. Bertha is suppose to slowly weaken over the next couple of days.
Close to home, we are now monitoring Tropical Storm Cristobal, the third named system on the 2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season. Cristobal has strengthened and has maximum sustained winds near 45 mph. Right now Cristobal is located about about 125 miles east of Charleston, South Carolina and about 205 miles southwest of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. This storm is moving northeast near 7 mph and expected to slowly strengthen over the next couple of days.
In the Western Caribbean Sea, Air Force Reconnaissance are checking out a tropical wave that is expected to become a tropical depression over the next couple of days. This would become Tropical Depression FOUR... possibly Tropical Storm Dolly if it reaches tropical storm status.
Another tropical wave with high potential to become a tropical depression is currently located over the extreme Eastern Pacific. To the west of that wave, Hurricane Fausto is also headed well away from the coast of Mexico.
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