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TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  52
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST WED AUG 16 2000

...ALBERTO REGAINING STRENGTH...FAR OUT IN THE ATLANTIC...
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  44.2 WEST
OR ABOUT 930 MILES...1500 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE WESTERNMOST
AZORES ISLANDS.
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH
...20 KM/HR...AND A GRADUAL TURN TO THE WEST WITH A REDUCTION IN
FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  FURTHER STRENGTHENING 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  998 MB...29.47 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...33.2 N... 44.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST SOUTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 
50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 998 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 AM AST...THURSDAY.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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