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HURRICANE ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  69
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST MON AUG 21 2000
 
...ALBERTO WEAKENS...

AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ALBERTO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 38.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  47.3 WEST
OR ABOUT 995 MILES...1605 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 LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  85 MPH...140 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  979 MB...28.91 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...38.8 N... 47.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 85 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 979 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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