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HURRICANE ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  12
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST SUN AUG 06 2000

...ALBERTO CONTINUES MOVING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD OVER OPEN WATERS...
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ALBERTO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  38.8 WEST
OR ABOUT 1470 MILES...2370 KM...EAST OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS.
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH
...22 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  85 MPH...140 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 105 MILES...165 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  983 MB...29.03 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...16.0 N... 38.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 85 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 983 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM AST...MONDAY.
 
FORECASTER JARVINEN
 
 
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