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HURRICANE ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  40
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST SUN AUG 13 2000
 
...ALBERTO CONTINUING TO WEAKEN OVER THE NORTH ATLANTIC...

AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ALBERTO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 39.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  43.9 WEST
OR ABOUT 810 MILES...1305 KM...WEST OF THE WESTERNMOST AZORES
ISLANDS.
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 16 MPH ...26 KM/HR... 
AND A GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED ON MONDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  80 MPH...130 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  FURTHER 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  982 MB...29.00 INCHES.
 
INTERESTS IN THE AZORES ISLANDS SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF
ALBERTO DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...39.1 N... 43.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 80 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 982 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
AT 5 AM AST...MONDAY.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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