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TROPICAL STORM GERT ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST SUN SEP 12 1999

...GERT MAY BECOME A HURRICANE TONIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY...
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GERT WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 14.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  34.7 WEST OR ABOUT 1780 MILES
...2865 KM...EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES.
 
GERT IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 21 MPH...33 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON MONDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  GERT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE TONIGHT OR MONDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM
FROM THE CENTER. 
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  996 MB...29.41 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...14.6 N... 34.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 21 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 65 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 996 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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