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HURRICANE ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  68
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST SUN AUG 20 2000

...ALBERTO LINGERING IN THE ATLANTIC...
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ALBERTO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 38.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  47.4 WEST
OR ABOUT 1010 MILES...1625 KM...WEST OF THE WESTERNMOST AZORES.
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR  6 MPH
... 9 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH AN
INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED TOMORROW.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH...160 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  50 MILES... 85 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 140 MILES...220 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  975 MB...28.79 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...38.1 N... 47.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...100 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 975 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM AST...MONDAY.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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