Tropical Storm Bertha continues to churn slowly across the Gulf.
As of 8 a.m. Wednesday, the center of Tropical Storm Bertha was about 60 miles south of Pascagoula, Mississippi.
Maximum sustained winds have decrease to 50 mph with higher gusts, and the minimum central pressure based on surface observations is 997 mb.
The system is creeping west at 5 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.
Bertha will gradually weaken through the end of this week due to land interaction in the Gulf and wind shear.
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for
- Okaloosa/Walton County Line in Florida to Morgan City, Louisiana
- Metropolitan New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain
A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for
- West of Morgan City, Louisiana, to Sargent, Texas
- Lake Maurepas
Aside from isolated showers and storms 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 northern Gulf Coast.