TC Bertha

[HURAKAN]

[Category 5]

Bertha has claimed two lives in New Jersey via rip currents.

[HURAKAN]

After two weeks, still the most interesting feature in the tropics.

[HURAKAN]

[Chacor]

AL, 02, 2008071512, , BEST, 0, 353N, 630W, 60, 995, TS, 34, NEQ, 100, 120, 100, 90, 1017, 190, 60, 0, 0, L, 0, , 0, 0, BERTHA, D,
AL, 02, 2008071512, , BEST, 0, 353N, 630W, 60, 995, TS, 50, NEQ, 75, 90, 75, 75, 1017, 190, 60, 0, 0, L, 0, , 0, 0, BERTHA, D,

[HURAKAN]

Convection trying to warp around the center.

[Category 5]

Bertha appears to be trying desperately to reach Hurricane strength again, but it looks like it will fall short at 11.

[Chacor]

...LONG-LIVED BERTHA TO HANG AROUND FOR A FEW MORE DAYS...

[Chacor]

AROUND 120 HOURS A
COMBINATION OF COOLER WATERS AND AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH INTERACTION
MAY...HOPEFULLY...START TO SIGNAL THE DEMISE OF BERTHA AS A
TROPICAL CYCLONE.

[Squarethecircle]

The NHC is still suggesting a possible hurricane by the end of the day. Bertha seems to have leveled off a bit from that improvement.

[CrazyC83]

I wouldn't be surprised to see Bertha hang around for another week and survive well into the NE Atlantic.

[Chacor]

Not as a tropical system though in most probability.

[HURAKAN]

[Brent]

If it looks like a hurricane... it probably is.

[KWT]

I've got to admit it does look like a hurricane, not sure why the NHC are holding back on not upgrading it but there we go. Still a very impressive system!

[HURAKAN]

[KWT]

The eye has become a little irregular thanks to the convective burst on the NE side.

[artist]

if you really analyze the photos it appears there are many different levels of clouds going on. There is not much uniformity at all. I think that is what is holding it back form being upgraded. It truly looks a mess to me even though it does have some structure to it.

[KWT]

Then again its got a eye thats fairly clear and there is pretty deep convection around the whole eye as well, I wouldn't call it messy at all, now 94L, thats pretty messy!

[artist]

if you look carefully around that eye I see definate differences in cloud heights. That is what I mean by messy. As I say the structure is there but not uniform at least to my eye.