Bertha is now downgraded to a Tropical Storm.

It is still a factor in postponing the astronaut launch by Space S. There is turbulence right offshore from the Kennedy Space Center. It is not a free-standing system. The storm offshore from Kennedy Space Center is drawing moisture from the Gulf of Mexico across Florida. That water vapor system in the Gulf of Mexico and the storm offshore off Cape Kennedy is connected to Bertha just north of the space center. That means there is oscillation in the system and it enters uncertainty with the space launch.

Left is NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES East Band 9 (water vapor)
27 May 2020
1826 UTC

May 27, 2020

Charlestown - Tropical Storm Bertha, (click here) which formed Wednesday morning off the South Carolina coast, becoming the second named storm before the official start of this year’s Atlantic hurricane season, made landfall near Charleston about two hours later.

Bertha surprised the South Carolina coast, forming and making landfall within two hours, bringing a poor beach day of rain and gusty winds, but no major problems....