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Posted: Thu Jul 3rd, 2008 04:02 pm | 1st Post |
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Should be a fish storm but it's rare that a Cape Verde storm forms this early.
The last time we had a similar scenario in mid July was 1996 and ironically that storm was also named Bertha! Bertha = big trouble. Bertha was also the name of a reconnaissance rocket that I built that exploded mid flight many moons ago. Bad luck of the draw. 
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT2+shtml/031454.shtml
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Posted: Thu Jul 3rd, 2008 04:13 pm | 2nd Post |
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Crap! Thanks for this info!
Rich did TW buy insurance?
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Posted: Thu Jul 3rd, 2008 04:54 pm | 3rd Post |
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BAMA X 2 wrote: Rich did TW buy insurance?
Nope. Right now, though, the projected track doesn't bring it anywhere near Jamaica.
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Posted: Thu Jul 3rd, 2008 04:59 pm | 4th Post |
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Posted: Thu Jul 3rd, 2008 05:20 pm | 5th Post |
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| Oh oh, looks like it's starting.
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Posted: Thu Jul 3rd, 2008 06:18 pm | 6th Post |
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nhrich wrote: BAMA X 2 wrote: Rich did TW buy insurance?
Nope. Right now, though, the projected track doesn't bring it anywhere near Jamaica.
Invest 93 would be of principal concern to anyone going to Jamaica in the next week or so. If it survives it could be a low grade TS or possibly CAT1 hurricane but current probs show <20% chance of that.
Remember a storm is NOT a dot on the map (think mariner's 1-2-3 rule) and even a depression can make things rough and rainy which is obviously not how one wants to spend a vacation. (but beats mandatory evac orders!)
Hopefully it will dwindle and only amount to a small hill of beans.  The season is young; September's the time to worry.
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Posted: Thu Jul 3rd, 2008 11:10 pm | 7th Post |
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BAMA X 2 wrote: Crap! Thanks for this info!
Rich did TW buy insurance?
Another two weeks would come in handy right about now!
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Posted: Fri Jul 4th, 2008 02:19 am | 8th Post |
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goodml wrote: BAMA X 2 wrote: Crap! Thanks for this info!
Rich did TW buy insurance?
Another two weeks would come in handy right about now!
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Posted: Fri Jul 4th, 2008 03:10 am | 9th Post |
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Catnip wrote: goodml wrote: BAMA X 2 wrote: Crap! Thanks for this info!
Rich did TW buy insurance?
Another two weeks would come in handy right about now!
 
 Thats really funny ladies!
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Posted: Sat Jul 5th, 2008 03:35 pm | 10th Post |
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Folks living near the southeastern United States need to monitor this storm! Each successive model run shows less of a tendency to recurve this one out to sea.
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Posted: Sat Jul 5th, 2008 04:04 pm | 11th Post |
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Holy crap! We just moved down to NE Florida last week! We haven't even got settled in yet and it looks like Bertha may be headed our way!!!!!
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Posted: Sat Jul 5th, 2008 04:13 pm | 12th Post |
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Catnip wrote: Holy crap! We just moved down to NE Florida last week! We haven't even got settled in yet and it looks like Bertha may be headed our way!!!!!
Welcome to Florida.
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Posted: Sat Jul 5th, 2008 04:19 pm | 13th Post |
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Posted: Sat Jul 5th, 2008 06:23 pm | 14th Post |
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| The not-so-friendly neighborhood welcoming committee? Good luck!
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Posted: Sat Jul 5th, 2008 06:37 pm | 15th Post |
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| I'd almost forgotten it was hurricane season. Hopefully Bertha will remain a TS and not turn into something worse.
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Posted: Sat Jul 5th, 2008 08:40 pm | 16th Post |
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ute_fan wrote: The not-so-friendly neighborhood welcoming committee?
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Posted: Sat Jul 5th, 2008 08:41 pm | 17th Post |
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hstrybuf wrote: Hopefully Bertha will remain a TS and not turn into something worse.
That's what I'm hoping for!
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Posted: Sat Jul 5th, 2008 10:22 pm | 18th Post |
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Catnip wrote: hstrybuf wrote: Hopefully Bertha will remain a TS and not turn into something worse.
That's what I'm hoping for!
I don't want any of my friends to have to go through a hurricane! 
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Posted: Sun Jul 6th, 2008 02:24 am | 19th Post |
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hstrybuf wrote:
I don't want any of my friends to have to go through a hurricane!
Especially not this early in the hurricane season!!!!
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Posted: Mon Jul 7th, 2008 10:38 pm | 20th Post |
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CAT3 already! Wow talk about starting the season off with a bang! (in like a lion and out like a lamb...yeah sure if we're lucky)
Speaking of luck this storm getting this strong is really a good thing as it will be influenced easier by troughs to the northwest and that is exactly what's needed for the classic recurve to keep her a fish storm. Hopefully the models will be accurate and keep this one EAST of Bermuda. It's a bitch of a storm and nobody wants to be in that northeast quadrant. Particularly Bermuda. (Fabian, anyone?)
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Posted: Tue Jul 8th, 2008 02:40 am | 21st Post |
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| I was as surprised as you to see that Bertha is a Cat. 3 already. The projected path puts it right over Bermuda by Saturday. I hope that changes. Last edited on Tue Jul 8th, 2008 02:40 am by hstrybuf
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Posted: Tue Jul 8th, 2008 03:42 am | 22nd Post |
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Current forecasts take it east of BMU which is good. Of course this (much) recurve can never be guaranteed.
Impressive outflows with this one!
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Posted: Sun Jul 20th, 2008 03:07 pm | 23rd Post |
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Can't believe this one is still going. Longest lived July storm ever!
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Posted: Sun Jul 20th, 2008 06:07 pm | 24th Post |
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| I'm not great with latitudes and longitudes without a large map. Where is Bertha now?
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Posted: Sun Jul 20th, 2008 06:19 pm | 25th Post |
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Extratropical at this time but still packing a punch and heading for Iceland moving 41 mph!
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