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TROPICAL STORM GERT ADVISORY NUMBER   7
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST SUN SEP 12 1999

...GERT NEARING THE THRESHOLD OF HURRICANE STRENGTH...
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GERT
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  36.3 WEST
OR ABOUT 1500 MILES...2400 KM...EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES.
 
GERT IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 20 MPH ...32 KM/HR...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  CONDITIONS FAVOR FURTHER STRENGTHENING...AND GERT WILL
LIKELY BECOME A HURRICANE ON MONDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  994 MB...29.35 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...15.1 N... 36.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 20 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 65 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 994 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 AM AST...MONDAY.
 
PASCH
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT4 AND WMO HEADER WTNT74 KNHC.
 
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