At 4:00 pm the center of Hurricane Gert was located near latitude 38.7 degrees north, longitude 62.4 degrees west or 665 km south of Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Gert is moving quickly toward the northeast near 50 km/h. An even faster motion toward the east-northeast is expected through Thursday, followed by some deceleration and a turn toward the northeast Thursday night and Friday.

Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 155 km/h with higher gusts. Little change in strength is expected through tonight, but weakening is forecast to begin on Thursday. Gert should become an extratropical low by early Friday.
Hurricane Gert is not a threat to Jamaica.

The Meteorological Service will continue to monitor this system.