Hurricane HELENE

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HURRICANE HELENE ADVISORY NUMBER  28
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL082006
500 AM AST TUE SEP 19 2006

...HELENE STILL A LARGE CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE...

AT 500 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF MAJOR HURRICANE HELENE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 52.1 WEST OR ABOUT 945
MILES...1520 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
  
HELENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR...
AND A WEST TO WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT 
24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH...185 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HELENE REMAINS 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 500 AM AST POSITION...24.4 N...52.1 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
1100 AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BROWN/STEWART
 
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