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TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST FRI AUG 04 2000

...CORRECTED FOR MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...

...ALBERTO MOVING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN TROPICAL
ATLANTIC...
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  27.5 WEST OR ABOUT 235
MILES...380 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...26
KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...
AND ALBERTO COULD BECOME A HURRICANE ON 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 11 PM AST POSITION...13.4 N... 27.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 999 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 AM AST...SATURDAY.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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