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HURRICANE GERT ADVISORY NUMBER  35
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST SUN SEP 19 1999

...MAJOR HURRICANE GERT CONTINUES NORTHWESTWARD...
 
A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
BERMUDA.
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GERT WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  61.1 WEST OR ABOUT 460 MILES...740
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 WITH
A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTH MONDAY.
 
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  955 MB...28.20 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...26.5 N... 61.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...130 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 955 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 2 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 AM
AST...MONDAY.
 
GUINEY
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT4 AND WMO HEADER WTNT74 KNHC.
 
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