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TROPICAL DEPRESSION HELENE FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  18
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL   AL1200
2100Z FRI SEP 22 2000
 
 
TROPICAL DEPRESSION CENTER LOCATED NEAR 32.3N  84.6W AT 22/2100Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  30 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHEAST OR  45 DEGREES AT 15 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1010 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  25 KT WITH GUSTS TO  35 KT.
 
REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 32.3N  84.6W AT 22/2100Z...INLAND
AT 22/1800Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 31.6N  85.4W
 
FORECAST VALID 23/0600Z 33.5N  82.7W...INLAND
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 23/1800Z 35.4N  79.1W...INLAND
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 24/0600Z 37.7N  74.2W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT...100NE 100SE   0SW   0NW.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 3 TO 5 FT ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...WITH
HIGHER LEVELS IN BAYS...ACCOMPANIED BY BATTERING WAVES...IS LIKELY
NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 32.3N  84.6W
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE
 
OUTLOOK VALID 24/1800Z 40.5N  67.5W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 25/1800Z 46.5N  52.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
 
THIS IS THE LAST FORECAST/ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM UNLESS REGENERATION OCCURS
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
NO STRIKE PROBABILITIES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY.
 
 
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