WOCN31 CWHX 161145
TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT UPDATED BY THE CANADIAN
HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 8:49 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 3:00 PM ADT.

      GERT STILL EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE SOUTHERNMOST PORTION OF THE
      GRAND BANKS.  NO IMPACT TO LAND AREAS.

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

LOCATION: 37.4 NORTH 58.8 WEST.

ABOUT 730 KILOMETRES SOUTH OF SABLE ISLAND.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 75 KM/H.

PRESENT MOVEMENT: NORTHEAST AT 37 KM/H.

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE: 1005 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.

MARGINAL GALE FORCE WINDS ARE FORECAST NEAR GERT'S TRACK ACROSS THE 
SOUTHERN GRAND BANKS TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.  STORM FORCE 
WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED.  GERT WILL INTERACT WITH AN UNRELATED 
LARGE SCALE WEATHER SYSTEM OVER NEWFOUNDLAND LATER TODAY AS IT 
BECOMES POST-TROPICAL.  THIS SYSTEM WILL EVENTUALLY ABSORB THE MUCH 
SMALLER POST-TROPICAL GERT.

OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE GRAND BANKS SEAS OF 2 OR 3 
METRES ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE REMNANT LOW MOVES 
THROUGH.

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.

END HATT/FOGARTY.