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HURRICANE ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  38
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST SUN AUG 13 2000
 
...ALBERTO CONTINUES TO WEAKEN...

AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ALBERTO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 38.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  47.4 WEST
OR ABOUT 995 MILES...1605 KM...WEST OF THE WESTERNMOST AZORES.
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST NEAR 18 MPH
...30 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED AND ARE NOW NEAR  90
MPH...150 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  60 MILES... 95 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 230 MILES...370 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  978 MB...28.88 INCHES.
 
IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT INTERESTS IN THE AZORES ISLANDS SHOULD
MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF ALBERTO DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...38.7 N... 47.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NORTHEAST NEAR 18 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 90 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 978 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 5 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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