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HURRICANE ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  70
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST MON AUG 21 2000

...ALBERTO MOVING NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD FAR OUT IN THE ATLANTIC...
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ALBERTO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 39.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  47.1 WEST
OR ABOUT 985 MILES...1580 KM...WEST OF THE WESTERNMOST AZORES
ISLANDS.
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR  6 MPH
... 9 KM/HR...AND A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS LIKELY
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 85 MPH...140 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS EXPECTED 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 AM AST POSITION...39.3 N... 47.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 85 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 975 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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