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HURRICANE ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  60
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST FRI AUG 18 2000
 
...ALBERTO GOING STRONG FAR OUT IN THE ATLANTIC...

AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ALBERTO WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 35.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  48.3 WEST OR ABOUT 1100 MILES
...1770 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE WESTERNMOST AZORES.
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH...
9 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON SATURDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  80 MPH...130 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH 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.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  986 MB...29.12 INCHES.
  
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...35.2 N... 48.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 80
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 986 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 AM AST...SATURDAY.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
  
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