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Tropical Storm HELENE (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM HELENE ADVISORY NUMBER   7
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL082006
1100 PM AST WED SEP 13 2006
 
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION INTENSIFIES INTO TROPICAL STORM HELENE...

AT 1100 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HELENE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 32.7 WEST OR ABOUT 565
MILES...910 KM...WEST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
 
TROPICAL STORM HELENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 22
MPH...35 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE
NEXT DAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  CONTINUED STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 1100 PM AST POSITION...13.3 N...32.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 22 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER AVILA/LANDSEA
 
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