000 WTNT63 KNHC 172258 TCUAT3 HURRICANE GONZALO TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL082014 700 PM AST WED OCT 17 2014 ...700 PM POSITION UPDATE... ...SUSTAINED HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS LASHING BERMUDA... DURING THE PAST FEW MINUTES...THE BERMUDA AIRPORT REPORTED A SUSTAINED WIND OF 76 MPH...122 KM/H. DURING THE PAST HOUR...A SHIP IN THE BERMUDA HARBOR REPORTED A SUSTAINED WIND OF 60 MPH...96 KM/H. A SUSTAINED WIND OF 98 MPH...158 KM/H AND A GUST TO 127 MPH...204 KM/H WERE RECENTLY REPORTED AT AN ELEVATED OBSERVATION SITE AT COMMISSIONER'S POINT BERMUDA. A SUSTAINED WIND OF 88 MPH...142 KM/H AND A GUST TO 125 MPH...202 KM/H WERE RECENTLY REPORTED AT AN ELEVATED OBSERVATION SITE AT ST. DAVIDS BERMUDA NEAR THE AIRPORT. SUMMARY OF 700 PM AST...2300 UTC...INFORMATION -------------------------------------------------- LOCATION...32.0N 65.0W ABOUT 25 MI...40 KM SSW OF BERMUDA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115 MPH...185 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 025 DEGREES AT 16 MPH...26 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...951 MB...28.08 INCHES $$ FORECASTER STEWART