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TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  55
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST THU AUG 17 2000
 
...ALBERTO STRENGTHENS...BUT NO THREAT TO LAND...

AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  46.4 WEST
OR ABOUT 1060 MILES...1710 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE WESTERNMOST
AZORES.
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR.  A TURN TO
THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.  
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED AND ARE NOW NEAR  65
MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND ALBERTO IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A
HURRICANE AGAIN.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES
...230 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  994 MB...29.35 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...33.1 N... 46.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 65 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 994 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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