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HURRICANE GERT ADVISORY NUMBER  26
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST FRI SEP 17 1999
 
...SEVERE HURRICANE GERT...A POTENTIAL THREAT TO BERMUDA...
 
INTERESTS IN BERMUDA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF GERT OVER THE
WEEKEND...
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GERT WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 20.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  56.8 WEST OR ABOUT 950 MILES... 
1535 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
GERT IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS
PATH...GERT WILL BE MOVING WELL NORTH OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS ON
SATURDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 130 MPH...215 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE 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.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  952 MB...28.11 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...20.5 N... 56.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...130 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 952 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.
 
AVILA
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT4 AND WMO HEADER WTNT74 KNHC.
 
 
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