WOCN31 CWHX 160545
TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT UPDATED BY THE CANADIAN
HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 2:32 AM ADT TUESDAY
16 AUGUST 2011.
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TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR:
      NEWFOUNDLAND.

      FOR TROPICAL STORM GERT.

      THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 9:00 AM ADT.

      TROPICAL STORM GERT FORECAST TO TRACK OVER SOUTHERN GRAND BANKS
      TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY.  RAIN AND EASTERLY WINDS OVER
      NEWFOUNDLAND TODAY WILL BE FROM AN UNRELATED FRONT.

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==DISCUSSION==
1. SUMMARY OF BASIC INFORMATION AT 3.00 AM ADT.

LOCATION: 35.5 NORTH 61.2 WEST.

ABOUT 490 KILOMETRES NORTHEAST OF BERMUDA.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 95 KM/H.

PRESENT MOVEMENT: NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 35 KM/H.

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE: 1002 MB.

2. PUBLIC WEATHER IMPACTS AND WARNINGS SUMMARY.

NO IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED OVER LAND.  RAIN AND SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OVER 
NEWFOUNDLAND TODAY AND TONIGHT 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 TONIGHT.  GALE FORCE WINDS ARE 
FORECAST NEAR GERT'S TRACK ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GRAND BANKS LATER 
TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.  THERE IS A SLIGHT POSSIBILITY 
OF STORM FORCE WINDS JUST TO THE RIGHT OF GERT'S TRACK.  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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