Hurricane Gert – Day 5
Position: 40.1N 58.4W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: East-Northeast [065°] near 37 mph [59 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 105 mph [165 kph].
Wind Gusts: 120 mph [190 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 140 miles [220 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 35 miles [ 55 km].
Minimum central pressure: 967 mb ↓.
Currently about 410 miles [ 665 km] Southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
At 4PM CDT Gert strengthened to a Category 2 storm.
Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.
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August 16, 2017 Comments Off on Hurricane Gert – Day 5
