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HURRICANE GERT ADVISORY NUMBER  19
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST WED SEP 15 1999
 
...GERT CONTINUES TO THE WEST...

AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GERT WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 17.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  51.2 WEST OR ABOUT 695 MILES...1120
KM...EAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.
 
GERT IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 150 MPH...240 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN WIND SPEED ARE COMMON WITH STORMS OF
THIS INTENSITY.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  45 MILES... 75 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 175 MILES...280 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  933 MB...27.55 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...17.9 N... 51.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...150 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 933 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 AM AST...THURSDAY.
 
FRANKLIN
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT4 AND WMO HEADER WTNT74 KNHC.
 
 
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