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TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  48
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST TUE AUG 15 2000

...TENACIOUS ALBERTO MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST...
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 35.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  39.6 WEST
OR ABOUT 655 MILES...1055 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE WESTERNMOST
AZORES ISLANDS.
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH 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 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...35.8 N... 39.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...SOUTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 45 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 AM AST...WEDNESDAY.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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