WOCN31 CWHX 152345
TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT UPDATED BY THE CANADIAN
HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 8:42 PM 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 AM ADT.

      TROPICAL STORM GERT FORECAST TO TRACK OVER SOUTHERN GRAND BANKS
      LATE TUESDAY.  RAIN AND EASTERLY WINDS OVER NEWFOUNDLAND
      TUESDAY WILL BE FROM AN UNRELATED FRONT.

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

LOCATION: 34.2 NORTH 62.4 WEST.

ABOUT 290 KILOMETRES NORTHEAST OF BERMUDA.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 95 KM/H.

PRESENT MOVEMENT: NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 24 KM/H.

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE: 1001 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/EARLY WEDNESDAY. AT THIS TIME NO IMPACTS 
ARE EXPECTED OVER LAND. RAIN AND EASTERLY WINDS OVER NEWFOUNDLAND ON 
TUESDAY WILL BE FROM AN UNRELATED FRONT.

3. MARINE WEATHER IMPACTS AND WARNINGS SUMMARY.

THE NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR WEATHER OFFICE HAS POSTED 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 INTO 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 POST-TROPICAL SYSTEM.

OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE GRAND BANKS SEAS OF 3 TO 5 
METRES ARE EXPECTED AS THE STORM PASSES.


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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