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HURRICANE ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  58
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST FRI AUG 18 2000
 
...ALBERTO STRENGTHENS TO HURRICANE INTENSITY FOR THE THIRD TIME...

AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ALBERTO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 34.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  47.8 WEST
OR ABOUT 1100 MILES...1770 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE 
WESTERNMOST AZORES ISLANDS.
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH
...13 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY AND
GRADUALLY TURN MORE TOWARD THE NORTH TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  40 MILES... 65 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 145 MILES...230 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  989 MB...29.21 INCHES.
  
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...34.5 N... 47.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 989 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 5 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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