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TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  78
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST WED AUG 23 2000

...ALBERTO...BECOMES EXTRATROPICAL AS IT HEADS FOR ICELAND...
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF THE EXTRATROPICAL STORM THAT
WAS ALBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 54.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  34.1
WEST OR ABOUT 780 MILES...1255 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF REYKJAVIK
ICELAND.
 
THE STORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 37 MPH...59 KM/HR...
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES
...325 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  994 MB...29.35 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...54.6 N... 34.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 37 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 994 MB.
 
THIS WILL BE THE LAST ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER ON ALBERTO.  FORECASTS ON THIS EXTRATROPICAL STORM WILL BE
CARRIED IN THE HIGH SEAS FORECAST ISSUED BY THE MARINE PREDICTION
CENTER UNDER HEADER HSFAT1. 
 
FORECASTER JARVINEN
 
 
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