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HURRICANE ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  75
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST TUE AUG 22 2000

...ALBERTO MOVING SWIFTLY OVER THE COLD WATERS OF THE NORTH
ATLANTIC..
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ALBERTO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 47.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  41.4 WEST
OR ABOUT 550 MILES...880 KM...EAST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND.
 
ALBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 28 MPH
...44 KM/HR...AND AN ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND
ALBERTO IS EXPECTED TO LOSE ITS TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS ON
WEDNESDAY.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  45 MILES... 75 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 175 MILES...280 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  983 MB...29.03 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...47.2 N... 41.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 28 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 983 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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