Hurricane HELENE

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HURRICANE HELENE ADVISORY NUMBER  31
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL082006
1100 PM AST TUE SEP 19 2006
 
...HELENE CHURNING WESTWARD OVER OPEN WATERS...A TURN TO THE
   NORTHWEST LIKELY ON WEDNESDAY... 

AT 1100 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE HELENE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 24.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 54.8 WEST OR ABOUT 805 MILES...
1300 KM...SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
HELENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR...AND A TURN
TO THE NORTHWEST IS LIKELY ON WEDNESDAY. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 110 MPH...175 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. HELENE COULD REGAIN MAJOR HURRICANE STATUS 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 200
MILES...325 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 958 MB...28.29 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 1100 PM AST POSITION...24.6 N...54.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...110 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...958 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER COBB/PASCH

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