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Hurricane HELENE (Text)

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HURRICANE HELENE ADVISORY NUMBER  27
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL082006
1100 PM AST MON SEP 18 2006

...LARGE AND POWERFUL HURRICANE HELENE EXPECTED TO REMAIN OUT AT
SEA...

AT 1100 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE HELENE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 24.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 51.4 WEST OR ABOUT 990 MILES...
1590 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
HELENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR...
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH...185 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  CONDITIONS APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR STRENGTHENING DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HELENE IS A LARGE HURRICANE.  HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD
UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES...370 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 960 MB...28.35 INCHES.
REPEATING THE 1100 PM AST POSITION...24.2 N...51.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...960 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER PASCH
 
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