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| #112713 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:40 AM 24.Sep.2006) TCPAT3 BULLETIN HURRICANE HELENE ADVISORY NUMBER 49 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL082006 500 AM AST SUN SEP 24 2006 ...HELENE CONTINUES EAST-NORTHEASTWARD...COULD SPREAD GALES OVER THE AZORES TONIGHT... AT 500 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE HELENE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 39.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 39.9 WEST OR ABOUT 705 MILES... 1135 KM...WEST-NORTHWEST OF THE AZORES. HELENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH...37 KM/HR. SOME DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 85 MPH...140 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND HELENE IS EXPECTED TO LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS LATER TODAY. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES...150 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 375 MILES...600 KM. ALTHOUGH THE CENTER OF HELENE IS EXPECTED TO PASS WELL TO THE NORTH OF THE AZORES AS AN EXTRATROPICAL LOW...GALE FORCE WINDS COULD IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE AZORES BY TONIGHT. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 973 MB...28.73 INCHES. REPEATING THE 500 AM AST POSITION...39.9 N...39.9 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...85 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...973 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 AM AST. $$ FORECASTER FRANKLIN |
