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HURRICANE GERT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  34A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM AST SUN SEP 19 1999

...MAJOR HURRICANE GERT CONTINUES NORTHWESTWARD...
 
A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT
FOR BERMUDA.
 
AT 8 PM AST...0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GERT WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  60.8 WEST OR ABOUT 480 MILES...770
KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
GERT IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 130 MPH...215 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS LIKELY DURING THE
NEXT 12 TO 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 260 MILES...415 KM...MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  950 MB...28.05 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 8 PM AST POSITION...26.3 N... 60.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...130 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 950 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
AT 11 PM AST.
 
GUINEY
 
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