Whoa Bertha

I have not posted about Bertha since last Thursday. Well this morning at 5am, Tropical Storm Bertha was classified as a hurricane, the first of the 2008 season. 12 hours later, Hurricane Bertha is now classified as a Major Category 3 hurricane.. wow. Here is a satellite image of Bertha and you will notice a well organized hurricane.



The Hurricane Center has Bertha weakening in the coming days as it heads Northwestward over open waters of the Atlantic. Bertha may have in fact topped out already, but that is not a sure bet as Bertha was not forecast to strengthen as much as she did. Here is the predicted 5 day track as of 5pm today. If I find other cool imagery I will post it here later.