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Tropical Storm HELENE (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM HELENE ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL082006
500 AM AST THU SEP 14 2006

...HELENE RACING WESTWARD WITH NO CHANGE IN STRENGTH...
 
AT 500 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HELENE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 34.7 WEST OR ABOUT 695
MILES...1115 KM...WEST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
 
HELENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 22 MPH...35 KM/HR.  A GRADUAL
TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140
KM...TO THE NORTH FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 500 AM AST POSITION...13.7 N...34.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST 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
1100 AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER KNABB
 
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