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TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  77
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST WED AUG 23 2000

...ALBERTO...THIRD LONGEST-LIVED TROPICAL STORM ON RECORD...HEADS
FOR ICELAND...
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 52.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  34.7 WEST
OR ABOUT 945 MILES...1525 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF KEFLAVIK ICELAND.
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 46 MPH...74 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ALBERTO IS EXPECTED TO LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS WITHIN
THE NEXT 6-12 HOURS.  
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES
...325 KM...MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  986 MB...29.12 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...52.3 N... 34.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 46 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 60 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 986 MB.
 
THERE ARE NO STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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