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HURRICANE GERT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  41A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 PM AST TUE SEP 21 1999

...GERT BEGINNING TO PULL AWAY FROM BERMUDA...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BERMUDA...BUT THIS WARNING
WILL LIKELY BE LOWERED LATER TODAY.
 
AT 2 PM AST...1800Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GERT WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 32.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  62.3 WEST OR ABOUT 140 MILES...225
KM...EAST OF BERMUDA.
 
GERT IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR...AND A
GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH...170 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SLOW WEAKENING IS LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...220 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 260 MILES...415 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  957 MB...28.26 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING AND WAVES WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AT BERMUDA.
 
REPEATING THE 2 PM AST POSITION...32.6 N... 62.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...105 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 957 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM AST.
 
PASCH
 
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