TC Bertha

[cycloneye]

Rita did not last long enough to get over 100.

I just found that there were other big pagers,Chris,Ernesto and Ingrid so Bertha is in 6th place.

1-Dean=583
2-Ivan=352
3-Wilma=282
4-Chris=265
5-Noel=196
6-Bertha=?????
7-Frances=187
8-Ernesto=177
9-Ingrid=132
10-Charley=124

[KWT]

No the real reason is because 2006 the board didn't really have as much as a central base for a hurricane as we do now, there was hundreds of smaller threads dedicated to a system. Therefore if Katrina was under the dame system as now it would have probably been far far higher, something to look into in the down season.

[WmE]

How many pages did Ioke of 2006 have? I bet it'S the record for a Pacific hurricane/typhoon.

Back to topic. It doesn't really look annular to me. The CDO is not really symmetric for example and there are still some bands attached. Outflow is still good.

[Stratosphere747]

Quality over quantity....

Much like a two week fish storm vs. a five day landfalling major.

Which one has more importance to the overall community?

[HURAKAN]

:grrr: Bye Noel

After Noel,it will be a loooooong journey to 265 of Chris.

Do you see Bertha in any hurry to go?!?!?!

[KWT]

I'd be pretty confident that this will get pretty close to Chris/Wilma (how strange, a moderate TS with that many post...its like the invest last year that notched up 100+ pages!)

Anyway you can see the way the inner eyewall is still henging about, I've got a sneaky feeling it may just try to build back westwards and reconnect with the eyewall thats already in place further, very strange little evolution with this hurricane I will have to admit!
Reminds me of one of those large WPAC typhoons you sometimes see with the massive eye.

[WmE]

I'd be pretty confident that this will get pretty close to Chris/Wilma (how strange, a moderate TS with that many post...its like the invest last year that notched up 100+ pages!)

Anyway you can see the way the inner eyewall is still henging about, I've got a sneaky feeling it may just try to build back westwards and reconnect with the eyewall thats already in place further, very strange little evolution with this hurricane I will have to admit!
Reminds me of one of those large WPAC typhoons you sometimes see with the massive eye.

Chris was at one point forecasted to become a major hurricane in th Gulf of Mexico.

[cheezyWXguy]

:grrr: Bye Noel

After Noel,it will be a loooooong journey to 265 of Chris.

Do you see Bertha in any hurry to go?!?!?!

wait...chris, as in TS chris of 65mph in 2006 had 265 pages!?!

[RL3AO]

wait...chris, as in TS chris of 65mph in 2006 had 265 pages!?!

Lets examine why.

* It was 2006 and everyone was expecting 35 storms
* It was taking a track similar to Andrew and Katrina
* It lasted a week

[weatherguru18]

wait...chris, as in TS chris of 65mph in 2006 had 265 pages!?!

Lets examine why.

* It was 2006 and everyone was expecting 35 storms
* It was taking a track similar to Andrew and Katrina
* It lasted a week

35 storms? LMAO. If that ain't the truth.

[cpdaman]

i predict 238 pages will be about it.

man this storm is sending swells from maine to florida, nice coverage

can't wait until we get some model consistency hopefully by sunday morning

[Thunder44]

wait...chris, as in TS chris of 65mph in 2006 had 265 pages!?!

Lets examine why.

* It was 2006 and everyone was expecting 35 storms
* It was taking a track similar to Andrew and Katrina
* It lasted a week

This thread will struggle to get 300 pages, until this storm poses a threat to the US, which I don't expect it ever will.

[brunota2003]

That inner eyewall just does not want to give up, does it? Keeping the storm weaker and keeping it from organizing, which is both good and bad.

[cycloneye]

Last visible of the day:

[Cyclone1]

God, look at that eye! Is there some kinda record for eye width? I hate to say the "A" word, but isn't it looking more and more annular-ish?

EDIT: On second thought, might still be a while from that.

[HURAKAN]

Looking better now than a few hours ago. Smaller eye, convection all around it and deeper.

[HURAKAN]

Not bad at all. Tomorrow could be interesting if the eye contracts.

[Scorpion]

Yea, thats a much better shot. If only that junk inside the outer eye would disappear.

[HURAKAN]

Another record about to fall:

According to Jeff Masters, Emily mantained hurricane intensity in the month of July more than any other storm to form in this month. The NHC archives indicates Emily attained hurricane intensity on July 14 at 0000 UTC and lasted as a hurricane until landfall on July 20 at 1200 UTC. This means that Emily was a hurricane roughly for 6 days and a half. Probably a little more.

Bertha became a hurricane on July 7 at 0900 UTC, which means that it may pass Emily's record by 14 at 0300 UTC (11 PM EDT July 13). The NHC forecasts keeps Bertha as a hurricane until July 14 at 1800 UTC. We will see what happens.

[MiamiensisWx]

It appears that the center (wind center?) is still moving NW. Long term movement has remained NW as well.

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/flt/t1/loop-vis.html

TS Warning may be eventually warranted for Bermuda, especially when the large TS wind radii is taken into considerations.