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TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST FRI AUG 04 2000

...ALBERTO GRADUALLY STRENGTHENS IN THE FAR EASTERN ATLANTIC...
 
SATELLITE AND SHIP REPORTS INDICATE THAT AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE
CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.9
NORTH...LONGITUDE  25.9 WEST OR ABOUT 165 MILES...265 KM...SOUTHWEST
OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLAND. 
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 17 MPH...28 KM/HR...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.  ALBERTO IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE DURING SATURDAY OR
SUNDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM
MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  999 MB...29.50 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...12.9 N... 25.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 60 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 999 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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