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HURRICANE GERT ADVISORY NUMBER  42
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST TUE SEP 21 1999

...GERT ACCELERATING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST...
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE HURRICANE WARNING FOR BERMUDA IS
DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL STORM WARNING.  THIS TROPICAL STORM WARNING
WILL BE DISCONTINUED AT 7 PM AST...2300Z.
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GERT WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 33.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  61.9 WEST OR ABOUT 175 MILES...285
KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
GERT IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH...32
KM/HR...AND THIS DIRECTION OF MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A
FURTHER INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH...165 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SLOW WEAKENING IS FORECAST 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  960 MB...28.35 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING AND WAVES WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AT BERMUDA.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...33.4 N... 61.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...105 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 960 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.
 
PASCH
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT4 AND WMO HEADER WTNT74 KNHC.
 
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