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TROPICAL STORM HELENE ADVISORY NUMBER  43
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL082006
1100 PM AST FRI SEP 22 2006

...HELENE GRADUALLY LOSING TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS...WEAKENS TO A
TROPICAL STORM...
 
AT 1100 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HELENE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 36.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 50.6 WEST OR ABOUT 850
MILES...1370 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF BERMUDA AND ABOUT 1305 MILES...
2100 KM...WEST OF THE AZORES.
 
HELENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH...37 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.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS...BUT HELENE IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY LOSE TROPICAL
CHARACTERISTICS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 345 MILES...555 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 982 MB...29.00 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 1100 PM AST POSITION...36.0 N...50.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...982 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BEVEN
 
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