Tropical Storm Forms in Atlantic

MIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Bertha has formed in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa.

At 10 a.m. CDT Thursday, the center of the storm was located about 190 miles south-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands.

The second named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season is moving toward the west-northwest at about 14 miles-per-hour, and forecasters expect that to continue for the next couple of days.

Maximum sustained winds were near 40 miles-per-hour. Some gradual strengthening is forecast during the next day or two.

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Latest Forecast

James W. Brown

Scattered Storms Through The Weekend!!!

Scattered showers will be on the increase this week as moisture returns. Some of the storms could be heavy by Thursday and Friday as deeper moisture returns.


Tropical Depression #2 in the far east Atlantic is gradually becoming better organized.  This system looks as though it will be an open Atlantic storm and not threated the Gulf of Mexico.

Lakes Forecast... 

 
Today....Partly cloudy and hot with a 40% coverage of thunderstorms. Highs around 92. South wind 3-12 mph.

 Tonight......Fair to partly cloudy.  Lows near 70..  Winds light southeasterly less than 7 mph.  No rain expected.

Triangle Forecast... 

 
Today....Partly cloudy and hot with a 40% coverage of thunderstorms. Highs around 91. South wind 3-12 mph.

Tonight.....Fair to partly cloudy.  A 30% coverage of thunderstorms. Lows near 74. . Winds mostly southeasterly at 2-10 mph.  

Marine Forecast For Thursday


Winds.....SE 3-12 knots.

Seas.......1-2 feet.

Bays.......mostly smooth.

Water temp.....87.

Weather....Partly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms possible.

Outlook for Wednesday......Winds SE 3-14 knots.  Seas 1-2 feet.  Scattered Storms possible.

Sabine Pass Tides For Wednesday......

High........5:54 a.m.   and 12:54 p.m..

Low.........10:55 a.m.   and   10:40 p.m..

Sunrise Thursday.......6:19

Sunset Thursday........8:21