Bertha, honey, we could use your rain

But, alas, it seems your Category Three-ness will be used mainly for making long-period swells for East Coast surfers. So says Alan at Fresh Bilge, and he’s as good an amateur meteorologist as we’re likely to find. The hurricane center also is predicting your northward motion, and Wonder Underground’s Jess Masters sees you affecting Newfoundland. There’s no chance of your visiting the Gulf of Mexico. So we’ll just have to await our own Big Bertha to whip up and head our way. I’m optimistic we’ll get one or more of your cousins by fall.