Shortly after reaching peak winds off , Alberto rapidly weakened due to approaching upper-level winds. Initial forecasts predicted the hurricane would continue northeastward into Florida; it turned sharply westward and drifted erratically for several days across the eastern Gulf of Mexico, before dissipating on June 6.
Alberto's intensity peaked briefly before it began to decline rapidly as upper-level winds approached. Initially, forecasters predicted the storm would continue moving northeast into Florida; however, it made a sharp turn westward and meandered erratically across the eastern Gulf of Mexico for several days before disappearing on June 6.