Big Bertha now a Cat. 3 storm
The National Hurricane Center says Bertha's top sustained winds have reached 115 mph, making it a "major" Cat. 3 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale of hurricane intensity. If nothing else, this will be boosting the surf along the Altantic coast in the coming days.
The primary concern for now looks like a strike on Bermuda. Here's the latest advisory. Here's the current storm track forecast. And here's the view from orbit.
More on the "What's the Deal" blog, and the "Midnight Sun" blog.
And here's AccuWeather.com's take on Bertha and where's she's headed. The right set of circumstances, they say, could still bring Bertha on toward the U.S. East Coast.
