Tropical Storm Gert – Day 3
Position: 34.7N 61.6W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: North-Northeast [030°] near 18 mph [30 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 60 mph [ 95 kph].
Wind Gusts: 70 mph [110 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 70 miles [110 km].
Minimum central pressure: 1003 mb ↑.
Currently about 250 miles [400 km] Northeast of Bermuda.
Gert is heading out into the Central Atlantic at an ever accelerating pace and poses no threat to any coast. It will probably transition to a post-tropical storm tomorrow over the cooler water, as Franklin did.
Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.
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August 15, 2011 Comments Off on Tropical Storm Gert – Day 3
