Hurricane Helene

Public Advisory 6

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689
WTNT33 KNHC 132037
TCPAT3
BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT ADVISORY NUMBER 6
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL082006
500 PM AST WED SEP 13 2006

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT SLOWLY BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED...

AT 500 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 30.7 WEST OR ABOUT 445
MILES...720 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE
ISLANDS.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 18 MPH...29 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT
24 HOURS WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED.

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

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

REPEATING THE 500 PM AST POSITION...12.7 N...30.7 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 18 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 PM AST.

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FORECASTER BEVEN




474
WTNT32 KNHC 132041
TCPAT2
BULLETIN
HURRICANE GORDON ADVISORY NUMBER 12
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072006
500 PM EDT WED SEP 13 2006

...GORDON REACHES 110 MPH WINDS...NO THREAT TO LAND...

AT 500 PM EDT...2100Z...THE EYE OF HURRICANE GORDON WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 27.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 57.5 WEST OR ABOUT 570 MILES...
920 KM...SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.

GORDON IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...AND A
GENERAL NORTH-NORTHEAST MOTION SHOULD BEGIN TONIGHT AND CONTINUE ON
THURSDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 110 MPH...175
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS MAKES GORDON IS A STRONG CATEGORY
TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. ADDITIONAL
STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST AND GORDON IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A
CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES...45 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105
MILES...165 KM.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 965 MB...28.50 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 500 PM EDT POSITION...27.0 N...57.5 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 12 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...110 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...965 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 PM EDT.

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FORECASTER MAINELLI/BEVEN