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HURRICANE GERT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  37A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 PM AST MON SEP 20 1999

...HURRICANE GERT CONTINUES NORTH NORTHWESTWARD...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BERMUDA.
 
AT 2 PM AST...1800Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GERT WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 28.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  62.5 WEST OR ABOUT 310 MILES...
500 KM...SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
GERT IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR
...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 120 MPH...195 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 120 MILES...195 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 260 MILES...415 KM.

STORM SURGE OF 3 TO 5 FEET ARE POSSIBLE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE
BATTERING WAVES OVER PORTIONS OF BERMUDA.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  960 MB...28.35 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 2 PM AST POSITION...28.3 N... 62.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...
120 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 960 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM AST.
 
GROSS
 
 
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