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TROPICAL DEPRESSION BERTHA ADVISORY NUMBER  13
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
4 PM CDT WED AUG 07 2002

...BERTHA BACK IN THE GULF OF MEXICO... 

ALL INTERESTS IN THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO...PRIMARILY THE TEXAS 
COAST...SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM. 
 
SATELLITE IMAGES AND RADAR DATA INDICATE THAT BERTHA HAS BECOME
BETTER ORGANIZED IN THE GULF OF MEXICO AND REACHED TROPICAL
DEPRESSION STATUS ONCE AGAIN.  AT 4 PM CDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF
THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.0 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 93.4 WEST OR ABOUT 90 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON
TEXAS.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR 5 MPH.
A GENERAL WESTWARD TRACK NEAR THE TEXAS COAST IS EXPECTED DURING THE 
NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH... 45 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE 
NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1010 MB...29.83 INCHES.

SHOWERS AND SQUALLS...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY...ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD 
ALONG THE TEXAS COAST DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO. 

REPEATING THE 4 PM CDT POSITION...29.0 N... 93.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR  5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 30 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1010 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
10 PM CDT.

FORECASTER AVILA

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