HOME	PRODUCTS	FORECASTS	IMAGERY	ABOUT TPC	RECONNAISSANCE

ZCZC MIATCPAT3 ALL
TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM COR
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  57
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST FRI AUG 18 2000
 
...CORRECTION TO SPELLING OF ALBERTO IN THE HEADLINE...

...ALBERTO MOVING NORTHWEST IN ITS NORTH ATLANTIC LOOP....

AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  47.4 WEST OR ABOUT
1110 MILES...1790 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE WESTERNMOST AZORES
ISLANDS.
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH...11 KM/HR...AND
A SLOW TURN TO THE NORTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...
AND ALBERTO COULD REGAIN HURRICANE STATUS LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES
...230 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  994 MB...29.35 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...33.7 N... 47.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 65 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 994 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
NNNN