From the ArcaMax Publishing, News & Features Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/newsheadlines/s-374226-776346
MIAMI (UPI) -- Tropical Storm Bertha became the first Atlantic
hurricane of 2008 early Monday, a Category 1 system with 75 mph winds
over the mid-Atlantic Ocean.
A report from the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said at 5
a.m., Bertha was 845 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands,
moving west-northwest at 17 mph. Gusts of up to 90 mph were reported.
Bertha had been moving quickly -- faster than 20 mph -- since forming
Thursday. The slowing and fact the system is moving over warmer waters
indicate strengthening is likely, forecasters said.
The hurricane center it was too early to predict and possible landfall
for Bertha, although the five-day forecast indicated the storm would
be turning north well east of the Caribbean or U.S. coasts.