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HURRICANE ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  67
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST SUN AUG 20 2000

...ALBERTO CONTINUES OVER THE FAR NORTH ATLANTIC...
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ALBERTO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 37.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  47.7 WEST
OR ABOUT 1025 MILES...1650 KM...WEST OF THE WESTERNMOST AZORES
ISLANDS.
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR  6 MPH...10 KM/HR...BUT AN
INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED AND A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTHEAST IS
EXPECTED ON MONDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH...160 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  50 MILES... 85 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 PM AST POSITION...37.9 N... 47.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...100 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 970 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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