355 WTNT23 KNHC 160841 TCMAT3 TROPICAL STORM HELENE FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER 36 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL082018 0900 UTC SUN SEP 16 2018 THE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT. INTERESTS IN IRELAND AND THE UNITED KINGDOM SHOULD CONSULT PRODUCTS FROM THEIR LOCAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE FOR INFORMATION ABOUT POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM HELENE IN THOSE LOCATIONS. LOCAL FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR THE UK CAN BE FOUND ON THE WEBSITE OF THE UK MET OFFICE AT HTTPS://WWW.METOFFICE.GOV.UK/. LOCAL FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR IRELAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE WEBSITE OF MET EIREANN AT HTTPS://WWW.MET.IE/ . TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 42.5N 28.4W AT 16/0900Z POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 20 NM PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTHEAST OR 50 DEGREES AT 22 KT ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 993 MB MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 45 KT WITH GUSTS TO 55 KT. 34 KT....... 70NE 140SE 100SW 60NW. 12 FT SEAS..150NE 270SE 330SW 240NW. WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT. RADII IN NAUTICAL MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT. REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 42.5N 28.4W AT 16/0900Z AT 16/0600Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 41.8N 29.6W FORECAST VALID 16/1800Z 44.5N 24.7W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP MAX WIND 45 KT...GUSTS 55 KT. 34 KT...100NE 160SE 120SW 70NW. FORECAST VALID 17/0600Z 47.4N 18.1W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP MAX WIND 45 KT...GUSTS 55 KT. 34 KT...120NE 170SE 150SW 90NW. FORECAST VALID 17/1800Z 50.8N 10.8W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP MAX WIND 45 KT...GUSTS 55 KT. 34 KT...110NE 160SE 140SW 80NW. FORECAST VALID 18/0600Z 55.1N 3.7W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP MAX WIND 40 KT...GUSTS 50 KT. 34 KT...110NE 160SE 140SW 80NW. FORECAST VALID 19/0600Z...ABSORBED BY A FRONT REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 42.5N 28.4W NEXT ADVISORY AT 16/1500Z $$ FORECASTER ROBERTS