At 5AM EDT, Tropical Storm Bertha was located at 29.0N/92.2W or about 95 miles southeast of Lake Charles, LA. Bertha is moving west at 13 mph with top wind near 45 mph and central pressure 1003 MB. Bertha has reformed off the central coast of Louisiana. However, all the action is in the southwest quadrant of the storm where extreme rain from intense thunderstorm activity is taking place.

July 2026 has featured patchy rainfall across Australia, wettest Interior Southeast Australia. Dry soils identifying potential developing drought are located across northwest continent and Southern Queensland/Northern New South Wales.

Positive phase global atmospheric angular momentum (+GLAAM) linked to a large increase in tropical convection across the warming waters of the equatorial Pacific has arrived likely to remain persistent throughout the El Nino episode. +GLAAM influence is most influential between phase_6 and phase_7 and expected to remain steady in that way into August.

A temporary cooler pattern across Europe ahead while Western Russia turns hotter. However, once August arrives, hot weather regenerates in Europe biased farther eastward this time around.