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TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST SAT AUG 05 2000

...TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO SLOWLY STRENGTHENING IN THE FAR
EASTERN ATLANTIC...
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  28.7 WEST
OR ABOUT 300 MILES...480 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN CAPE
VERDE ISLANDS.
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH...
24 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE 
NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...
AND ALBERTO COULD BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  70 MILES
...110 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  994 MB...29.35 INCHES.
  
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...13.7 N... 28.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 65 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 994 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
  
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