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TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  54
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST THU AUG 17 2000
 
...ALBERTO STILL SPINNING OVER OPEN WATERS...

AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  45.3 WEST
OR ABOUT 995 MILES...1600 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE WESTERNMOST
AZORES.
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR  9 MPH...15 KM/HR.  A TURN
TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS...AND ALBERTO COULD BECOME A HURRICANE WITHIN THE NEXT DAY OR
TWO.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES
...230 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  998 MB...29.47 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...32.9 N... 45.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 998 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 5 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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