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HURRICANE ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  59
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST FRI AUG 18 2000

...ALBERTO GETTING STRONGER OVER THE NORTH ATLANTIC...
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ALBERTO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 35.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  48.3 WEST
OR ABOUT 1105 MILES...1780 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE 
WESTERNMOST AZORES ISLANDS.
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHNNORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH
...13 KM/HR...AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH IS EXPECTED 
LATER TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  85 MPH...140 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST 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 140 MILES...220 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  986 MB...29.12 INCHES. 
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...35.1 N... 48.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 85 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 986 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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