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HURRICANE ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  34
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST SAT AUG 12 2000

...ALBERTO REACHES 125 MPH...THE FIRST MAJOR HURRICANE OF THE 2000
SEASON...
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ALBERTO WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 36.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  54.4 WEST OR ABOUT 585 MILES
...945 KM...SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF SABLE ISLAND CANADA.
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 17 MPH...28 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH A
GRADUAL TURN TO THE EAST AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED.
 
SATELLITE ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT ALBERTO HAS STRENGTHENED DURING
THE MORNING AND MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW 125 MPH...205
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  THIS MAKES ALBERTO A STRONG CATEGORY
THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR/SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE.  HOWEVER...
ALBERTO SHOULD BEGIN WEAKENING TODAY.
 
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.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  950 MB...28.05 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...36.6 N... 54.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...125 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 950 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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