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HURRICANE ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  72
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST MON AUG 21 2000

...ALBERTO CONTINUES TO ACCELERATE TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHEAST...
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ALBERTO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 41.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  45.7 WEST
OR ABOUT 920 MILES...1475 KM...WEST OF THE WESTERNMOST AZORES.
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 14 MPH
...22 KM/HR...AND A CONTINUED INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  85 MPH...140 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME 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  981 MB...28.97 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...41.8 N... 45.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 85 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 981 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 AM AST...TUESDAY.
 
FORECASTER JARVINEN
 
 
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