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TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  45
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST TUE AUG 15 2000

...ALBERTO FAR OUT AT SEA...NO THREAT TO LAND...

AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 37.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  38.4 WEST OR ABOUT 530
MILES...850 KM...WEST OF THE WESTERNMOST AZORES.
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH NEAR  8 MPH ...13 KM/HR...AND A
TURN TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST IS EXPECTED TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 260 MILES
...415 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  998 MB...29.47 INCHES.
  
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...37.8 N... 38.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...SOUTH NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 998 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
  
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