HOME	ACTIVE CYCLONES	FORECASTS	IMAGERY	ABOUT TPC	RECONNAISSANCE

ZCZC MIATCPAT4 ALL
TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM
BULLETIN
HURRICANE GERT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 36A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM AST MON SEP 20 1999
 
...HURRICANE GERT CONTINUES NORTHWESTWARD...

A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT
FOR BERMUDA.
 
AT 8 AM AST...1200Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GERT WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 27.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  62.0 WEST OR ABOUT 350 MILES...565
KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
GERT IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR.  A TURN
TO THE NORTH-NORTHWEST WITH SOME DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 120 MPH...195 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME SLIGHT WEAKENING IS FORECAST 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 260 MILES...415 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  955 MB...28.20 INCHES.  A
DRIFTING BUOY REPORTED A MINIMUM PRESSURE OF 965 MB...28.49 INCHES
EARLIER TODAY AS GERT MOVED NEARBY.
 
REPEATING THE 8 AM AST POSITION...27.7 N... 62.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...120 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 955 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM AST.
 
AVILA
NNNN