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HURRICANE ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  65
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST SUN AUG 20 2000

...ALBERTO REMAINS POWERFUL BUT FAR OUT IN THE ATLANTIC...
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ALBERTO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 37.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  48.0 WEST
OR ABOUT 1050 MILES...1700 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE WESTERNMOST
AZORES ISLANDS.
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 6 MPH... 9 KM/HR...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH...165 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST TODAY.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  45 MILES... 75 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 140 MILES...220 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  970 MB...28.64 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...37.0 N... 48.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...105 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 970 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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