Fluctuating Bertha

Not only did Bertha become the first Hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic Hurricane season yesterday, but Bertha also became the first major hurricane of the season when she strengthened to a Category Three storm yesterday evening. Early this morning Bertha was still holding strong with winds near 120 mph, however this afternoon the much anticipated weakening occurred... Bertha is now at Category Two storm.

Let's check out some pictures of Bertha...



The image above goes back 12 hours (from 11 a.m. on Tuesday.) At this point Hurricane Bertha was still a Category Three, Major Hurricane. The yellow arrow points to the eye.

The following image is from 11 a.m. on Tuesday. At this point Bertha was only a Category Two storm. You can see the eye no longer defined as above.



Your Hurricane Bertha Update:
Hurricane Bertha, now only a Category Two Hurricane, has maximum sustained winds near 105 mph, with high gusts, a minimum central pressure of 970 millibars and is moving northwest at about 10 mph. Bertha is about 660 miles east-northeast of the Northern Leeward Islands and 975 miles southeast of Bermuda. Additional weakening is in the forecast for Bertha. There is a chance Bertha could impact Bermuda, but it is still too soon to tell for sure.