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TROPICAL STORM GERT ADVISORY NUMBER  49
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST THU SEP 23 1999

...GERT LOSING TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS AS IT PASSES JUST EAST OF
NEWFOUNDLAND...
 
STORM AND HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF THE ATLANTIC WATERS EAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND.  SEE
STATEMENTS FROM THE CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTER AND THE NEWFOUNDLAND
WEATHER CENTER FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GERT
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 47.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  50.7 WEST
OR ABOUT 95 MILES...150 KM...EAST OF ST. JOHNS NEWFOUNDLAND.
 
GERT IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH...48 KM/HR...AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  GERT
IS LOSING ITS TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND IS EXPECTED TO MERGE WITH
ANOTHER NON-TROPICAL LOW PRESSURE AREA DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES
...370 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  975 MB...28.79 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...47.7 N... 50.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 70 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 975 MB.
 
THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER ON GERT.
 
PASCH
 
NO STRIKE PROBABILITIES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY.
 
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