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TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  76
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST TUE AUG 22 2000

...ALBERTO NOW A TROPICAL STORM...
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 49.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  37.8 WEST
OR ABOUT 725 MILES...1165 KM...EAST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND.
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 37 MPH...59 KM/HR... AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND
ALBERTO IS EXPECTED TO LOSE ITS TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS ON
WEDNESDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES
...280 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  986 MB...29.12 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...49.7 N... 37.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 37 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 986 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM AST...WEDNESDAY.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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