Tropical Storm Bertha, the second named storm for the Atlantic Hurricane Season, formed late Thursday.
Bertha formed east of the southern Lesser Antilles and continues to move across the northeastern Caribbean Sea.
The center is now in the far eastern Caribbean, just west of the windward islands.
"Tropical Storm Bertha remains fairly weak and disorganized," said Bay News 9 Chief Meterologist Mike Clay. "Bertha is no threat to Florida and might actually pull some moisture away from us around Tuesday or Wednesday of next week as it passes by to the east into the Atlantic."
A Tropical Storm Warning has been issued for Martinique, Puerto Rico, Vieques, Culebra and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The government of Antigua and Barbuda has issued a Tropical Storm Warning for the British Virgin Islands.
The Tropical Storm Warning for Dominica has been discontinued.
Bertha is moving toward the west-northwest near 22 mph and this general motion is expected to continue for the next couple of days. On the forecast track, Bertha is expected to move through the central Lesser Antilles tonight and into the northeastern Caribbean on Saturday.
Maximum sustained winds have increased to 50 mph with higher gusts. No significant change in strength is forecast during the next 48 hours.
Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 45 miles from the center.
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