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HURRICANE ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  33
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST SAT AUG 12 2000
 
...ALBERTO A LITTLE STRONGER AND HEADS TOWARD NORTH ATLANTIC...

AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ALBERTO WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 35.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  56.0 WEST OR ABOUT 610
MILES...980 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SABLE ISLAND NOVA SCOTIA
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 115 MPH...185 KM/HR
...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  LTTLE CHANGE IS FORECAST FOR TODAY FOLLOWED
BY WEAKENING TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  70 MILES...110 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 175 MILES...280 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  960 MB...28.35 INCHES.
  
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...35.7 N... 56.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 960 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
  
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