Tropical Storm HELENE

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TROPICAL STORM HELENE ADVISORY NUMBER  44
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL082006
500 AM AST SAT SEP 23 2006

...HELENE ACCELERATING EAST-NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE OPEN CENTRAL
NORTH ATLANTIC...
 
AT 500 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HELENE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 37.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 48.2 WEST OR ABOUT 1160
MILES...1865 KM...WEST OF THE AZORES.
 
HELENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH...41 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS AS HELENE GRADUALLY LOSES TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS OVER
THE COOLER WATERS OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 345 MILES...555 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 982 MB...29.00 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 500 AM AST POSITION...37.2 N...48.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...982 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 1100 AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER STEWART
 
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