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ZCZC MIATCPAT4 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN HURRICANE GERT ADVISORY NUMBER 44 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 5 AM AST WED SEP 22 1999 ...GERT ACCELERATING NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD AND WEAKENING... THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA HAS ISSUED STORM AND HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNINGS FOR SOME OF THE MARITIME AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND. AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GERT WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 37.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 60.0 WEST OR ABOUT 800 MILES...1290 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ST. JOHNS NEWFOUNDLAND. GERT IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH...37 KM/HR. THIS GENERAL TRACK IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AT A FASTER FORWARD SPEED LATER TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 85 MPH...140 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...220 KM... FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 260 MILES...415 KM. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 979 MB...28.91 INCHES. REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...37.2 N... 60.0 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 85 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 979 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM AST. FRANKLIN STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT4 AND WMO HEADER WTNT74 KNHC. NNNN