Hurricane HELENE

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HURRICANE HELENE ADVISORY NUMBER  48
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL082006
1100 PM AST SAT SEP 23 2006

...HELENE STUBBORNLY HOLDS ON TO TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS...
 
AT 1100 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE HELENE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 39.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 41.7 WEST OR ABOUT 795 MILES...
1285 KM...WEST OF THE AZORES.
 
HELENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH...37 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 85 MPH...140 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS AS HELENE LOSES TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES...150 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 375
MILES...600 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 973 MB...28.73 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 1100 PM AST POSITION...39.1 N...41.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...85
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...973 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER MAINELLI/BEVEN
 
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