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HURRICANE ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  71
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST MON AUG 21 2000

...ALBERTO FINALLY BEGINNING TO MOVE FASTER....
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ALBERTO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 40.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  46.4 WEST
OR ABOUT 950 MILES...1525 KM...WEST OF THE WESTERNMOST AZORES.
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH
...19 KM/HR...AND A CONTINUED INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
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  975 MB...28.79 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...40.6 N... 46.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 
85 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 975 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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