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TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  53
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST THU AUG 17 2000
 
...ALBERTO TURNING WESTWARD WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH...

AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  44.4 WEST OR ABOUT 980
MILES...1580 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE WESTERNMOST AZORES ISLANDS.
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR  7 MPH...11 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES...280 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  998 MB...29.47 INCHES.  A
DRIFTING BUOY NEAR THE CENTER RECENTLY REPORTED A PRESSURE OF 1001.9
MB...29.59 IN.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...32.9 N... 44.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR  7 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 BEVEN
 
 
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