Tropical Storm Bertha continues to churn slowly across the Gulf.
As of 11 p.m. Tuesday, the center of Tropical Storm Bertha was about 130 miles southwest of Panama City, Florida.
Maximum sustained winds are now 60 mph with higher gusts, and the minimum central pressure based on surface observations is 995 mb.
The system is creeping northwest at 6 mph.
A slow northwestward to west-northwestward motion is expected today, followed by a turn westward by the middle part of this week. On the forecast track, Bertha will move near or along the northern Gulf Coast during the next several days.
Some slight strengthening is possible later today, followed by gradual weakening through the middle of this week. Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 115 miles from the center.
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for
- Bay/Gulf County Line in Florida to the Terrebonne/Lafourche Parish
Line in Louisiana
A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for
- West of the Terrebonne/Lafourche Parish Line to the
Vermilion/Cameron Parish Line
- Metropolitan New Orleans, Lake Pontchartrain, and Lake Maurepas
The Storm Surge Watch has been discontinued along the northern Gulf Coast. A Coastal Flood Warning has been issued by the National Weather Service for portions of the southeastern Louisiana and Mississippi coastline.
Aside from isolated showers and storms early this week due to the wind flow around the system pushing tropical moisture over us, additional impacts are not expected for our area.
This is due to the system’s westerly movement, which will keep the highest rainfall totals across the Panhandle and northern Gulf Coast.
