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HURRICANE ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  63
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST SAT AUG 19 2000

...ALBERTO NEAR CATEGORY THREE INTENSITY AGAIN...
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ALBERTO WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 36.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  48.1 WEST OR ABOUT 1070 MILES
...1725 KM...WEST OF THE WESTERNMOST AZORES ISLANDS.
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR  7 MPH...11 KM/HR...AND A
GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 110 MPH...175 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS AND ALBERTO IS JUST BELOW CATEGORY THREE INTENSITY. 
HOWEVER...SLOW WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS THE
SYSTEM MOVES OVER MUCH COOLER WATER.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  50 MILES... 85 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD 
UP TO 125 MILES...205 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  966 MB...28.53 INCHES.
  
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...36.5 N... 48.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR  7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...110 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 966 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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