WOCN31 CWHX 151145
TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT UPDATED BY THE CANADIAN
HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 8:52 AM ADT MONDAY 15 AUGUST 2011
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TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR:
      NEWFOUNDLAND.

      FOR TROPICAL STORM GERT.

      THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 3:00 PM ADT.

      TROPICAL STORM GERT FORECAST TO CROSS THE SOUTHERN GRAND BANKS
      LATE TUESDAY NIGHT OR WEDNESDAY MORNING.  GERT NOT EXPECTED TO
      AFFECT CANADIAN LAND AREAS.


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==DISCUSSION==
1. SUMMARY OF BASIC INFORMATION AT 9.00 AM ADT.

LOCATION: 32.0 NORTH 63.8 WEST.

ABOUT 95 KILOMETRES EAST OF BERMUDA.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 95 KM/H.

PRESENT MOVEMENT: NORTH AT 28 KM/H.

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE: 1003 MB.

2. PUBLIC WEATHER IMPACTS AND WARNINGS SUMMARY.

THIS SYSTEM, WHICH WILL LIKELY BECOME POST-TROPICAL STORM GERT BEFORE 
REACHING CANADIAN WATERS, IS EXPECTED TO PASS WELL OFFSHORE OF 
NEWFOUNDLAND LATE TUESDAY OR EARLY WEDNESDAY. AT THIS TIME NO IMPACTS 
ARE EXPECTED OVER ANY CANADIAN LAND AREAS. RAIN AND SOUTHEAST WINDS 
ARE LIKELY OVER NEWFOUNDLAND ON TUESDAY FROM AN UNRELATED WEATHER 
SYSTEM.

3. MARINE WEATHER IMPACTS AND WARNINGS SUMMARY.

THE NLWO HAS ISSUED GALE WARNINGS FOR THE SOUTHERN GRAND BANKS FOR 
TUESDAY EVENING AS GERT IS EXPECTED TO BE JUST ENTERING CANADIAN 
WATERS AT THAT TIME. GALES OR STORM FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR 
GERT'S TRACK ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GRAND BANKS LATER TUESDAY
NIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. NOTE THAT BY THIS TIME GERT WILL
BE INTERACTING WITH AN UNRELATED LARGE SCALE WEATHER SYSTEM
OVER NEWFOUNDLAND WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY ABSORB THE MUCH SMALLER 
TROPICAL/POST-TROPICAL SYSTEM.


VISIT WEATHEROFFICE.GC.CA/HURRICANE (ALL IN LOWER CASE) FOR THE 
LATEST:

- FORECAST POSITION, CENTRAL PRESSURE TABLE.

- STRENGTH AND PREDICTED WIND RADII TABLE.

- HURRICANE TRACK INFORMATION MAP.

- TECHNICAL DISCUSSION.

PLEASE ALSO REFER TO THE PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS AND WARNINGS 
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA FOR YOUR AREA.

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