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HURRICANE ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  73
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST TUE AUG 22 2000

...LONG-LIVED ALBERTO ACCELERATING TOWARD COLDER WATERS...THE END IS
NEAR...
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ALBERTO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 43.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  44.9 WEST
OR ABOUT 895 MILES...1440 KM...WEST-NORTHWEST OF THE WESTERNMOST
AZORES.
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 17 MPH
...28 KM/HR.  A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED
OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ALBERTO IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL STORM OVER THE
NEXT 12 HOURS.  
 
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  983 MB...29.03 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...43.3 N... 44.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 983 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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