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WTNT32 KNHC 152033
TCPAT2
 
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM GERT ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL072011
500 PM AST MON AUG 15 2011
 
...GERT SKIRTS BERMUDA...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...33.2N 62.7W
ABOUT 135 MI...220 KM ENE OF BERMUDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH...95 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 20 DEGREES AT 14 MPH...22 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB...29.59 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.
 
 
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GERT WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 62.7 WEST. GERT IS
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/H. GERT HAS
REACHED ITS CLOSEST DISTANCE TO BERMUDA AND IS MOVING AWAY FROM THE
ISLAND. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST ACCOMPANIED BY AN INCREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN BY TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/H...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND
TUESDAY MORNING. GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST TO BEGIN BY TUESDAY
NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
 
TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM
FROM THE CENTER...MAINLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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NONE.
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 PM AST.
 
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FORECASTER STEWART