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ZCZC MIATCPAT4 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM GERT ADVISORY NUMBER 49 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 11 AM AST THU SEP 23 1999 ...GERT LOSING TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS AS IT PASSES JUST EAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND... STORM AND HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE ATLANTIC WATERS EAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND. SEE STATEMENTS FROM THE CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTER AND THE NEWFOUNDLAND WEATHER CENTER FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GERT WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 47.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 50.7 WEST OR ABOUT 95 MILES...150 KM...EAST OF ST. JOHNS NEWFOUNDLAND. GERT IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH...48 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. GERT IS LOSING ITS TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND IS EXPECTED TO MERGE WITH ANOTHER NON-TROPICAL LOW PRESSURE AREA DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES ...370 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 975 MB...28.79 INCHES. REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...47.7 N... 50.7 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 70 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 975 MB. THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ON GERT. PASCH NO STRIKE PROBABILITIES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY. NNNN