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TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  56
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL   AL0300
0300Z FRI AUG 18 2000
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 33.4N  46.8W AT 18/0300Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  20 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST OR 300 DEGREES AT  6 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  994 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  55 KT WITH GUSTS TO  65 KT.
50 KT....... 30NE  30SE  30SW  30NW.
34 KT.......125NE 100SE 125SW 125NW.
12 FT SEAS..300NE 100SE 300SW 300NW.
WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT.  RADII IN NAUTICAL
MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT.
 
REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 33.4N  46.8W AT 18/0300Z
AT 18/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 33.2N  46.5W
 
FORECAST VALID 18/1200Z 33.8N  47.7W
MAX WIND  65 KT...GUSTS  80 KT.
64 KT... 30NE  30SE  30SW  30NW.
50 KT... 45NE  45SE  45SW  45NW.
34 KT...125NE 100SE 125SW 125NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 19/0000Z 34.5N  48.5W
MAX WIND  70 KT...GUSTS  85 KT.
64 KT... 30NE  30SE  30SW  30NW.
50 KT... 45NE  45SE  45SW  45NW.
34 KT...125NE 100SE 125SW 125NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 19/1200Z 35.5N  48.5W
MAX WIND  75 KT...GUSTS  90 KT.
64 KT... 30NE  30SE  30SW  30NW.
50 KT... 45NE  45SE  45SW  45NW.
34 KT...125NE 100SE 100SW 125NW.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 33.4N  46.8W
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE
 
OUTLOOK VALID 20/0000Z 37.0N  48.5W
MAX WIND  75 KT...GUSTS  90 KT.
50 KT... 45NE  45SE  45SW  45NW.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 21/0000Z 40.0N  48.0W
MAX WIND  75 KT...GUSTS  90 KT.
50 KT... 45NE  45SE  45SW  45NW.
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 18/0900Z
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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