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TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST FRI AUG 04 2000

...FIRST TROPICAL STORM OF THE 2000 SEASON FORMS SOUTH OF THE CAPE
VERDE ISLANDS...

THE STRONG TROPICAL WAVE THAT MOVED OFF THE AFRICAN COAST A DAY OR
TWO AGO BECAME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION EARLIER THIS MORNING AND IS NOW
TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO...THE FIRST OF THE 2000 HURRICANE SEASON. 

AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  25.0 WEST
OR ABOUT 170 MILES...270 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST
CAPE VERDE ISLAND.
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 17 MPH...28 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND
ALBERTO COULD BECOME A HURRICANE IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES...75 KM
MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...12.4 N... 25.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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