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TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  56
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST THU AUG 17 2000

...ALBERTO OVER THE OPEN WATERS... 
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TENACIOUS TROPICAL STORM
ALBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  46.8 WEST
OR ABOUT 1070 MILES...1725 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE WESTERNMOST
AZORES.
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR. A
GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT
24 TO 36 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ALBERTO COULD 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 11 PM AST POSITION...33.4 N... 46.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 65
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 994 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 AM AST...FRIDAY.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
  
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