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HURRICANE GERT ADVISORY NUMBER  14
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST TUE SEP 14 1999
 
...GERT BECOMES THE FOURTH MAJOR HURRICANE OF THE 1999 ATLANTIC
HURRICANE SEASON...

AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GERT WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 17.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  46.5 WEST OR ABOUT 990 MILES...1590
KM...EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES.
 
GERT IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED AND ARE NOW NEAR 115
MPH...185 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  THIS MAKES GERT A CATEGORY
THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE.  SOME
ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  35 MILES... 55 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 140 MILES...220 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  960 MB...28.35 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...17.2 N... 46.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 960 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.
 
FRANKLIN
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT4 AND WMO HEADER WTNT74 KNHC.
 
 
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