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#450539 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:40 PM 16.Aug.2011) TCPAT2 BULLETIN POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE GERT ADVISORY NUMBER 12 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072011 500 PM AST TUE AUG 16 2011 ...GERT DEGENERATES TO A POST-TROPICAL LOW... SUMMARY OF 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...39.5N 54.7W ABOUT 750 MI...1210 KM NE OF BERMUDA ABOUT 505 MI...810 KM S OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NE OR 50 DEGREES AT 29 MPH...46 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1010 MB...29.83 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE GERT WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 39.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 54.7 WEST. THE CYCLONE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 29 MPH...46 KM/H...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION SHOULD CONTINUED UNTIL THE SYSTEM DISSIPATES. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE IS FORECAST TO DISSIPATE ON WEDNESDAY AS IT WEAKENS TO A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1010 MB...29.83 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- NONE. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM CAN BE FOUND IN HIGH SEAS FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...UNDER AWIPS HEADER NFDHSFAT1 AND WMO HEADER FZNT01 KWBC. $$ FORECASTER BEVEN |