Hurricane HELENE

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HURRICANE HELENE ADVISORY NUMBER  47
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL082006
500 PM AST SAT SEP 23 2006

...HELENE REMAINS A HURRICANE...
 
AT 500 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE HELENE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 38.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 44.4 WEST OR ABOUT 945 MILES...
1520 KM...WEST OF THE AZORES.
 
HELENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 22 MPH...35 KM/HR...
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
EVEN THOUGH THE CENTER OF HELENE...AS A NON-TROPICAL SYSTEM...IS
FORECAST TO PASS NORTH OF THE AZORES...GALE FORCE WINDS COULD
IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE AZORES BEGINNING TOMORROW.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 90 MPH...150 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS
HELENE GRADUALLY LOSES TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS. 
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 130 MILES...215 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 345
MILES...555 KM.   
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 970 MB...28.64 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 500 PM AST POSITION...38.0 N...44.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 22 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...90
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...970 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 PM AST.
 
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FORECASTER RHOME/KNABB
 
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