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TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  42
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST MON AUG 14 2000

...ALBERTO WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM...
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 39.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  40.0 WEST
OR ABOUT 610 MILES...985 KM...WEST OF THE WESTERNMOST AZORES.
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 21 MPH...33 KM/HR.  A
DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 12-24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES
...280 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  990 MB...29.23 INCHES.
 
INTERESTS IN THE AZORES ISLANDS SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF
ALBERTO DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...39.0 N... 40.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NEAR 21 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 990 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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