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HURRICANE GERT ADVISORY NUMBER  16
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST WED SEP 15 1999

...GERT CONTINUES WEST ACROSS THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC...
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GERT WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 17.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  48.5 WEST OR ABOUT 855 MILES...1375
KM...EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES.
 
GERT IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR...AND A
GENERAL WEST TO WEST-NORTHWEST MOTION IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 125 MPH...205 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  35 MILES... 55 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 140 MILES...220 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  952 MB...28.11 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...17.6 N... 48.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...125 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 952 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM AST.
 
BEVEN
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT4 AND WMO HEADER WTNT74 KNHC.
 
 
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