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HURRICANE ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  36
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST SAT AUG 12 2000

...ALBERTO WEAKENING BUT STILL A MAJOR HURRICANE...
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ALBERTO WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 37.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  51.0 WEST OR ABOUT
1215 MILES...1955 KM...WEST OF THE WESTERNMOST AZORES ISLANDS.
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 18 MPH 
...30 KM/HR... AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE EAST IS EXPECTED 
ON SUNDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH...185 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ALBERTO REMAINS A MAJOR HURRICANE... BUT STEADY WEAKENING IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  70 MILES...110 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 230 MILES...370 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  960 MB...28.35 INCHES.
  
ALL INTERESTS IN THE AZORES ISLANDS SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF
ALBERTO DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...37.8 N... 51.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 18 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...115 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 960 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 5 AM AST...SUNDAY.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
  
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