Bertha Forms in the Atlantic 8/1/14 (2014, season, degree, most)

[Cambium]

Almost looks like its trying to miss every piece of land including Bermuda.. Should stay below Hurricane strength

NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL032014
1100 AM AST FRI AUG 01 2014

CORRECTED WATCH POINTS FOR THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

...HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT REPORTS BERTHA SLIGHTLY STRONGER BUT
DISORGANIZED...


SUMMARY OF 1100 AM AST...1500 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...14.0N 58.9W
ABOUT 150 MI...240 KM ESE OF MARTINIQUE
ABOUT 70 MI...110 KM NE OF BARBADOS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH...85 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 295 DEGREES AT 21 MPH...33 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB...29.77 INCHES

[Cambium]

All models agree... Swing and a Miss

[Cambium]

Bertha almost Hurricane Strength..

[Cambium]

Bertha becomes 2nd hurricane of the season. Weak & short lasting one

[Cambium]

Joe Bastardi

"composite Arthur at 85, Bertha at 80. On my scale at this time. Arthur was almost a 2. Bertha barely a 1"

https://twitter.com/BigJoeBastardi/s...181120/photo/1

[Cambium]

Worst looking hurricane I can remember.

[animatedmartian]

Most of the models have it pathed going out to sea, but it honestly looks like it's getting gobbled up by that stationary front/jet stream. Btw, even though it didn't really get affected by Bertha, Florida's weather looked like a mess when Bertha started interacting with that frontal boundary.