THIS IS A NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM GERT ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6AM MONDAY, 13TH AUGUST, 2017.
… GERT MOVING NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WELL AWAY FROM LAND…
AT 5AM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GERT WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.7° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 72.2° WEST OR ABOUT 475 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA.
TROPICAL STORM GERT IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MILES PER HOUR. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH IS FORECAST TO OCCUR LATER THIS MORNING, FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST BY TONIGHT.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS AND GERT COULD BECOME A HURRICANE BY WEDNESDAY.
THIS SYSTEM POSES NO THREAT TO THE BAHAMAS.
