NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST SAT SEP 11 1999

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE NEAR THE THRESHOLD OF BECOMING A
TROPICAL STORM...
 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST SUN SEP 12 1999 ...TROPICAL STORM GERT IN THE EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC...THE SEVENTH NAMED STORM OF THE 1999 SEASON. SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE HAS STRENGTHENED AND IS NOW TROPICAL STORM GERT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST SUN SEP 12 1999 ...GERT MAY BECOME A HURRICANE TONIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST SUN SEP 12 1999 ...GERT NEARING THE THRESHOLD OF HURRICANE STRENGTH...

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5 AM AST MON SEP 13 1999 ...GERT CONTINUES JUST UNDER HURRICANE STRENGTH...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST MON SEP 13 1999 ...GERT BECOMES THE FIFTH HURRICANE OF THE SEASON...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST MON SEP 13 1999 ..HURRICANE GERT...A LITTLE BIT STRONGER...MOVING WESTWARD OVER THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC..

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11 AM AST TUE SEP 14 1999 ...105MPH HURRICANE GERT MOVING STEADILY WESTWARD...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST TUE SEP 14 1999 ...GERT BECOMES THE FOURTH MAJOR HURRICANE OF THE 1999 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON AT 115MPH...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST WED SEP 15 1999 ...POWERFUL GERT REACHES 150 MPH WINDS...

5 AM AST THU SEP 16 1999 ...CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE GERT MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST... ...NOT EXPECTED TO AFFECT US...

11 AM AST THU SEP 16 1999 ...SEVERE HURRICANE GERT STILL MOVING WESTWARD...BUT FORECAST TO TURN NORTHWEST OVER OPEN WATERS ON FRIDAY...

11 PM AST THU SEP 16 1999 ...THREAT TO THE LEEWARD ISLANDS LESSENS... ...HURRICANE GERT AT 135MPH...

5 PM AST FRI SEP 17 1999 ...SEVERE HURRICANE GERT...A POTENTIAL THREAT TO BERMUDA... INTERESTS IN BERMUDA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF GERT OVER THE WEEKEND...

11 AM AST SAT SEP 18 1999 ...GERT OVER THE OPEN ATLANTIC...CONTINUES TO BE A POTENTIAL THREAT TO BERMUDA... INTERESTS IN BERMUDA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF GERT.

11 AM AST SUN SEP 19 1999 ...MAJOR HURRICANE GERT CONTINUES TOWARD THE NORTHWEST... INTERESTS IN BERMUDA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF GERT.

8 PM AST SUN SEP 19 1999 ...MAJOR HURRICANE GERT CONTINUES NORTHWESTWARD... A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR BERMUDA.

11 AM AST MON SEP 20 1999 AT 11 AM AST...1500Z THE GOVERNMENT OF BERMUDA HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE WARNING FOR BERMUDA.

2 PM AST MON SEP 20 1999 ...HURRICANE GERT CONTINUES NORTH NORTHWESTWARD... A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BERMUDA.

11 AM AST TUE SEP 21 1999 ...GERT NEAR CLOSEST POINT OF APPROACH TO BERMUDA... A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BERMUDA...BUT THIS WARNING WILL LIKELY BE LOWERED LATER TODAY.

5 PM AST TUE SEP 21 1999 ...GERT ACCELERATING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST... AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE HURRICANE WARNING FOR BERMUDA IS DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL STORM WARNING. THIS TROPICAL STORM WARNING WILL BE DISCONTINUED AT 7 PM AST...2300Z.

11PM 9/21/99...GERT WEAKENING...GERT IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 18 MPH...30 KM/HR... AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ON WEDNESDAY. THE FORECAST TRACK BRINGS GERT TO THE COASTAL WATERS OF NEWFOUNDLAND IN 24 TO 36 HOURS...

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.

11 AM AST WED SEP 22 1999 ...GERT EXPECTED TO PASS NEAR THE AVALON PENINSULA...NEWFOUNDLAND... A STORM AND HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR SOME OF THE MARITIME AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND. SEE STATEMENTS FROM THE CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTER.

5 PM AST WED SEP 22 1999 ...GERT EXPECTED TO PASS NEARBY THE AVALON PENINSULA... STORM AND HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE MARITIME AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND. SEE STATEMENTS FROM THE CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTER.

5 AM AST THU SEP 23 1999 ...GERT WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM...APPROACHING THE AVALON PENINSULA OF NEWFOUNDLAND... STORM AND HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE MARITIME AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND. SEE STATEMENTS FROM THE CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTER FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.