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HURRICANE ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  39
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST SUN AUG 13 2000
 
...ALBERTO CONTINUES EASTWARD OVER OPEN WATERS...

AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ALBERTO WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 38.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  45.8 WEST OR ABOUT 910
MILES...1465 KM...WEST OF THE WESTERNMOST AZORES.
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 17 MPH...28 KM/HR.  SOME
DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  85 MPH...140 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME 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 175 MILES...280 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  979 MB...28.91 INCHES.
 
IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT INTERESTS IN THE AZORES ISLANDS SHOULD
MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF ALBERTO DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...38.9 N... 45.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 85 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 979 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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