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Bertha falling apart over Gulf of Mexico©Associated PressAugust 9, 2002 MIAMI -- Rainy remnants of Tropical Storm Bertha became less organized Thursday after circling back into the Gulf of Mexico from a trip over Louisiana earlier in the week, hurricane forecasters said. The storm, carrying rains of 3 to 5 inches or more, was 90 miles southeast of Corpus Christi, Texas, at 5 p.m. and was moving west-southwest at 8 mph with maximum sustained winds of 30 mph. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Cristobal, which had been drifting eastward in the Atlantic Ocean well off the Southeast coast, accelerated as it headed farther to sea. At 5 p.m., it was 375 miles west of Bermuda, moving east-northeast near 17 mph with maximum winds near 46 mph. ANOTHER FORECAST LOWERED: Government hurricane experts, citing the effect of El Nino, on Thursday predicted a weaker Atlantic tropical storm season than previously expected. The experts, gathered at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, predicted seven to 10 tropical storms. They said four to six could become hurricanes, including one to three major hurricanes.
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