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HURRICANE GERT ADVISORY NUMBER  28
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST SAT SEP 18 1999
 
...GERT NOW MOVING NORTH-NORTHWEST...CONTINUES TO BE A POTENTIAL
THREAT TO BERMUDA...

INTERESTS IN BERMUDA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF GERT
OVER THE WEEKEND.

AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GERT WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 22.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  57.4 WEST OR ABOUT 835 MILES...
1345 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
GERT IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH...15
KM/HR...AND A GENERAL NORTH-NORTHWEST TO NORTHWEST MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 125 MPH...205 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  GERT CONTINUES TO BE A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR/SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS LIKELY
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 230 MILES...370 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  955 MB...28.20 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...22.2 N... 57.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...125
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 955 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM AST.
 
BEVEN
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT4 AND WMO HEADER WTNT74 KNHC.
 
 
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