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HURRICANE ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  41
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST MON AUG 14 2000
 
...ALBERTO CONTINUES TO WEAKEN OVER THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN...

AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ALBERTO WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 39.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  41.2 WEST OR ABOUT 670
MILES...1080 KM...WEST OF THE WESTERNMOST AZORES.
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 23 MPH...37 KM/HR.  A
DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ALONG WITH A TURN TOWARD THE SOUTH IS
EXPECTED DURNING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR
...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  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 175 MILES...280 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  988 MB...29.18 INCHES.
  
INTERESTS IN THE AZORES ISLANDS SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF
ALBERTO DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
  
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...39.0 N... 41.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NEAR 23 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 75 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 988 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
  
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