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TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  50
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST WED AUG 16 2000

...ALBERTO CONTINUES TO THE SOUTHWEST...
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 34.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  41.9 WEST
OR ABOUT 775 MILES...1250 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE WESTERNMOST
AZORES.
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR... 
AND A SOUTHWEST OR WEST-SOUTHWEST MOTION IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ALBERTO IS MOVING OVER WARMER WATERS AND SOME INCREASE IN
STRENGTH IS POSSIBLE OVER 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 AM AST POSITION...34.3 N... 41.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...SOUTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 5 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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