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HURRICANE ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  61
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST SAT AUG 19 2000
 
...ALBERTO STRENGTHENS SOME....

AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ALBERTO WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 35.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  48.4 WEST OR ABOUT 1110
MILES...1790 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE WESTERNMOST AZORES ISLANDS.
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  5 MPH
... 7 KM/HR...AND A SLOW TURN TO THE NORTH IS EXPECTED TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 100 MPH...160
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS
POSSIBLE TODAY.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  45 MILES... 75 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 140 MILES...220 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  974 MB...28.76 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...35.6 N... 48.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR  5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...100 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 974 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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