Hurricane Helene
Public Advisory 27
625
WTNT33 KNHC 190228
TCPAT3
BULLETIN
HURRICANE HELENE ADVISORY NUMBER 27
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL082006
1100 PM AST MON SEP 18 2006
...LARGE AND POWERFUL HURRICANE HELENE EXPECTED TO REMAIN OUT AT
SEA...
AT 1100 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE HELENE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 24.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 51.4 WEST OR ABOUT 990 MILES...
1590 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
HELENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR...
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH...185 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. CONDITIONS APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR STRENGTHENING DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.
HELENE IS A LARGE HURRICANE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD
UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES...370 KM.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 960 MB...28.35 INCHES.
REPEATING THE 1100 PM AST POSITION...24.2 N...51.4 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115
MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...960 MB.
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 AM AST.
$$
FORECASTER PASCH
511
WTNT32 KNHC 190230
TCPAT2
BULLETIN
HURRICANE GORDON ADVISORY NUMBER 33
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072006
1100 PM AST MON SEP 18 2006
...GORDON A LITTLE STRONGER...
...HURRICANE WARNING ISSUED FOR THE AZORES...
AT 1100 PM AST...0300 UTC...THE METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE OF THE AZORES
HAS REPLACED THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH WITH A HURRICANE WARNING FOR
THE AZORES. A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO
COMPLETION.
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
AT 1100 PM AST...0300Z...THE EYE OF HURRICANE GORDON WAS LOCATED
BY SATELLITE IMAGERY NEAR LATITUDE 38.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 41.6 WEST
OR ABOUT 785 MILES... 1265 KM...WEST OF TERCEIRA IN THE AZORES.
GORDON IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 28 MPH...44 KM/HR...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON
THIS TRACK GORDON WILL BE NEAR THE AZORES TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 100 MPH...160
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GORDON IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON
THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME SLOW WEAKENING IS FORECAST TO BEGIN
ON TUESDAY.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 40 MILES...65 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115
MILES...185 KM.
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 972 MB...28.70 INCHES.
LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES ALONG WITH STORM SURGES OF 1 TO
3 FT ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF ONSHORE WINDS IN THE AZORES.
GORDON IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4
INCHES OVER THE AZORES... WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES
OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
REPEATING THE 1100 PM AST POSITION...38.0 N...41.6 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NEAR 28 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...100 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...972 MB.
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 200 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 500
AM AST.
$$
FORECASTER BLAKE/PASCH
129
WTNT33 KNHC 190248
TCPAT3
BULLETIN
HURRICANE HELENE ADVISORY NUMBER 27...CORRECTED
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL082006
1100 PM AST MON SEP 18 2006
...ADDED EXPECTED MOTION SECTION...
...LARGE AND POWERFUL HURRICANE HELENE EXPECTED TO REMAIN OUT AT
SEA...
AT 1100 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE HELENE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 24.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 51.4 WEST OR ABOUT 990 MILES...
1590 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
HELENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH...185 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. CONDITIONS APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR STRENGTHENING DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.
HELENE IS A LARGE HURRICANE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD
UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES...370 KM.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 960 MB...28.35 INCHES.
REPEATING THE 1100 PM AST POSITION...24.2 N...51.4 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115
MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...960 MB.
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 AM AST.
$$
FORECASTER PASCH
