Tropical Storm Bertha continues to move away from Bermuda after battering the island Monday. Rain has ended over the island, and winds will continue to diminish through the day. Dangerous surf will continue to impact the coastal waters around Bermuda, with seas slowly subsiding as well as the day progresses.
As of 11 a.m. E.D.T., Bertha was located about 260 miles north-northeast of Bermuda with maximum sustained winds around 70 miles per hour, primarily in thunderstorms in the eastern half of the storm. Bertha is moving to the north-northeast around 12 miles per hour. Bertha is expected to make a turn to the east and then southeast Wednesday and Thursday.
Dangerous rip currents will continue to impact beaches along the east coast of the United States once again as swells generated from Bertha continue to roll in. The greatest chance of rip currents comes a couple of hours either side of low tide. If you are visiting an East Coast beach and are not an experienced surf swimmer, do not venture out into the water past your knees and do not go in the water at a beach without lifeguards.
Elsewhere in the Atlantic, there are two areas of showers and thunderstorms to monitor. One is located about 770 miles east of the Lesser Antilles. There is a definite circulation with this system and some thunderstorms have redeveloped with this system. There is still a chance this could develop into a tropical depression in the next day or two although conditions are not as favorable as first thought. Behind this system (about 700 miles to the east-southeast) is another tropical wave that has quite a bit of thunderstorm activity that will also be monitored for any further development.
In the Eastern Pacific, Hurricane Elida continues to head out away from Mexico into open waters. As of 8 a.m. P.D.T., Elida was located about 475 miles south-southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, with maximum sustained winds near 80 miles per hour. Elida is moving to the west-northwest near 12 miles per hour.
Elsewhere in the Eastern Pacific, a cluster of showers and thunderstorms 500 miles south of the Gulf of Tehuantepec has potential to organize into a tropical depression over the next day or two.