Hurricane Helene

Public Advisory 5

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528
WTNT33 KNHC 131433
TCPAT3
BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT ADVISORY NUMBER 5
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL082006
1100 AM EDT WED SEP 13 2006

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION MOVING WESTWARD WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN
ORGANIZATION...

AT 1100 AM EDT...1500Z...THE BROAD CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION
EIGHT WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 28.5 WEST OR
ABOUT 335 MILES...540 KM...SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE
ISLANDS.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 17 MPH...27 KM/HR.
THIS GENERAL MOTION SHOULD CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH A
GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SLOW STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED...AND THE DEPRESSION COULD
BECOME A TROPICAL STORM DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 1100 AM EDT POSITION...12.0 N...28.5 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 17 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB.

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

$$
FORECASTER BEVEN




429
WTNT32 KNHC 131436
TCPAT2
BULLETIN
HURRICANE GORDON ADVISORY NUMBER 11
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072006
1100 AM EDT WED SEP 13 2006

...GORDON STRENGTHENS OVER THE OPEN WATERS OF THE ATLANTIC...

AT 1100 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GORDON WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 26.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 57.9 WEST OR ABOUT 600 MILES...
970 KM...SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.

GORDON IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 90 MPH...150
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GORDON IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON
THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS
FORECAST AND GORDON IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE
LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES...35 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90
MILES...150 KM.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 977 MB...28.85 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 1100 AM EDT POSITION...26.0 N...57.9 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 9 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...90 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...977 MB.

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

$$
FORECASTER MAINELLI/BEVEN