Hurricane Helene

Public Advisory 33

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WTNT32 KNHC 201433
TCPAT2
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM GORDON ADVISORY NUMBER 39
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072006
1100 AM AST WED SEP 20 2006

...GORDON RACING EASTWARD...EXPECTED TO BECOME EXTRATROPICAL LATER
TODAY...

AT 1100 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GORDON WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 37.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 20.9 WEST OR ABOUT 345
MILES...550 KM...EAST OF THE ISLAND OF TERCEIRA IN THE AZORES AND
ABOUT 625 MILES...1005 KM WEST OF THE COAST OF PORTUGAL.

GORDON IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 33 MPH...54 KM/HR. A GRADUAL
TURN TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY. THIS MOTION
WOULD BRING GORDON AS AN EXTRATROPICAL STORM NEAR THE COASTS OF
PORTUGAL AND SPAIN ON TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST BEFORE GORDON
BECOMES EXTRATROPICAL LATER TODAY.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES...370 KM
FROM THE CENTER.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 995 MB...29.38 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 1100 AM AST POSITION...37.8 N...20.9 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NEAR 33 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...995 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 PM AST.

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FORECASTER AVILA




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WTNT33 KNHC 201434
TCPAT3
BULLETIN
HURRICANE HELENE ADVISORY NUMBER 33
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL082006
1100 AM AST WED SEP 20 2006

...HELENE WEAKENS SLIGHTLY OVER THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC...

AT 1100 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE HELENE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 26.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 56.3 WEST OR ABOUT 670 MILES...
1080 KM...SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.

HELENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...AND
A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH...165 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS MAKING HELENE A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES...95 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230
MILES...370 KM.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 958 MB...28.29 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 1100 AM AST POSITION...26.0 N...56.3 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...105 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...958 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 PM AST.

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FORECASTER RHOME/AVILA