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TROPICAL STORM GERT ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST SUN SEP 12 1999
 
...TROPICAL STORM GERT IN THE EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC...THE
SEVENTH NAMED STORM OF THE 1999 SEASON.
 
SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE HAS
STRENGTHENED AND IS NOW TROPICAL STORM GERT. 

AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL STORM WAS
ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 32.8 WEST OR ABOUT
560 MILES...900 KM...WEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
  
GERT IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 20 MPH...32 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  GERT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE IN DAY NEXT DAY OR
TWO.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  70 MILES...110 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...14.0 N... 32.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 20 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM AST.
 
AVILA
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT4 AND WMO HEADER WTNT74 KNHC.
 
 
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