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TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  51
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST WED AUG 16 2000
 
...ALBERTO GETTING BETTER ORGANIZED AS IT MOVES WEST-SOUTHWEST...

AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  43.2 WEST
OR ABOUT 865 MILES...1390 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE WESTERNMOST
AZORES.
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST SOUTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR. 
SOME REDUCTION OF FORWARD SPEED IS LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ALBERTO IS GETTING BETTER ORGANIZED AND SOME INCREASE IN
STRENGTH IS EXPECTED 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 5 PM AST POSITION...33.6 N... 43.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST SOUTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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