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HURRICANE ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST SAT AUG 05 2000

...ALBERTO CONTINUES MOVING WESTWARD
   ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC OCEAN... 

AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ALBERTO WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 14.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  34.1 WEST OR ABOUT 625
MILES...1000 KM...WEST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 17 MPH ...28 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON SUNDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  25 MILES... 35 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO  85 MILES...140 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  994 MB...29.35 INCHES.
  
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...14.6 N... 34.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 75 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 994 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 AM AST...SUNDAY.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
  
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