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HURRICANE GERT ADVISORY NUMBER  15
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST TUE SEP 14 1999
 
...GERT GROWING STRONGER IN THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC...

AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GERT
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  47.3 WEST
OR ABOUT 940 MILES...1515 KM...EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES.
 
GERT IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND ARE NOW NEAR 125
MPH...205 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING
IS FORECAST 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  952 MB...28.11 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...17.3 N... 47.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...125 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 952 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 AM AST...WEDNESDAY.
 
FRANKLIN
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT4 AND WMO HEADER WTNT74 KNHC.
 
 
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