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HURRICANE ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  74
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST TUE AUG 22 2000
 
...ALBERTO HEADING INTO FAR NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN...

AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ALBERTO WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 45.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  43.4 WEST OR ABOUT 475
MILES...765 KM...EAST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND.
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH...32
KM/HR...AND A LARGE INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AS THE HURRICANE MOVES OVER THE
COLD WATERS OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN AND ALBERTO IS FORECAST TO
BECOM EXTRATROPICAL BY WEDNESDAY.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  45 MILES... 75 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 145 MILES...230 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  985 MB...29.09 INCHES.
  
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...45.0 N... 43.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 985 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
  
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