After strengthening into the second hurricane of the 2014 Atlantic season, Bertha has been downgraded to a tropical storm.
The storm is expected to stay away from the U.S. east coast as it eventually turns northeast in the Atlantic Basin.
According to Bay News 9 meteorologist Juli Marquez, maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 65 mph with higher gusts over a small area northeast of the center.
Gradual weakening is forecast during the next 48 hours.
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 125 miles, primarily to the east of the center.
Bertha is moving toward the north-northeast near 22 mph. A turn toward the northeast with increasing forward speed is expected to occur later today and continue through Wednesday.
On the forecast track, Bertha will pass about midway between the U.S. east coast and Bermuda on Tuesday morning.
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