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HURRICANE HELENE FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  29
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL082006
ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
1500 UTC TUE SEP 19 2006
 
HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 24.6N  52.9W AT 19/1500Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  20 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST OR 285 DEGREES AT   8 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  960 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 100 KT WITH GUSTS TO 120 KT.
64 KT....... 60NE  50SE  40SW  50NW.
50 KT.......100NE  75SE  60SW 100NW.
34 KT.......200NE 150SE 125SW 175NW.
12 FT SEAS..375NE 375SE 240SW 330NW.
WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT.  RADII IN NAUTICAL
MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT.
 
REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 24.6N  52.9W AT 19/1500Z
AT 19/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 24.5N  52.5W
 
FORECAST VALID 20/0000Z 25.0N  54.1W
MAX WIND 105 KT...GUSTS 130 KT.
64 KT... 60NE  50SE  40SW  50NW.
50 KT...105NE  75SE  60SW 100NW.
34 KT...200NE 150SE 130SW 175NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 20/1200Z 25.9N  55.7W
MAX WIND 110 KT...GUSTS 135 KT.
64 KT... 60NE  50SE  40SW  50NW.
50 KT...110NE  85SE  70SW  90NW.
34 KT...200NE 160SE 130SW 175NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 21/0000Z 27.5N  56.5W
MAX WIND 110 KT...GUSTS 135 KT.
64 KT... 60NE  55SE  45SW  50NW.
50 KT...120NE  90SE  70SW  90NW.
34 KT...225NE 190SE 150SW 170NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 21/1200Z 29.7N  56.7W
MAX WIND 105 KT...GUSTS 130 KT.
50 KT...110NE  90SE  70SW 100NW.
34 KT...225NE 190SE 160SW 175NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 22/1200Z 35.0N  55.0W
MAX WIND 100 KT...GUSTS 120 KT.
50 KT...110NE  95SE  80SW 100NW.
34 KT...225NE 200SE 170SW 190NW.
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 225 NM
ON DAY 4 AND 300 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY
 
OUTLOOK VALID 23/1200Z 39.5N  49.5W
MAX WIND  90 KT...GUSTS 110 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 24/1200Z 45.0N  40.5W
MAX WIND  80 KT...GUSTS 100 KT.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 24.6N  52.9W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 19/2100Z
 
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FORECASTER MUSHER
 
 
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