Helene is #8 (Eight)

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http://sirocco.accuweather.com/adc_hurr_images/2006/ah/UHAH_2.GIF


BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM HELENE ADVISORY NUMBER 9
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL082006
1100 AM AST THU SEP 14 2006

...HELENE STRENGTHENING SLOWLY OVER THE FAR EASTERN ATLANTIC...

AT 1100 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HELENE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 36.8 WEST OR ABOUT 835
MILES...1345 KM...WEST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.

HELENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 20 MPH...32 KM/HR...A TURN TO
THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. GRADUAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM
FROM THE CENTER.

REPEATING THE 1100 AM AST POSITION...13.4 N...36.8 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 20 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB.

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http://sirocco.accuweather.com/adc_hurr_images/2006/ah/UHAH_2.GIF

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Officially a catagory 1 Hurricane
http://sirocco.accuweather.com/adc_hurr_images/2006/ah/UHAH_2.GIF

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...HELENE STRENGTHENS...FORECAST TO REMAIN OVER WATER...

AT 1100 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE HELENE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 20.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 49.0 WEST OR ABOUT 935 MILES...
1500 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.

HELENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY WITH A GRADUAL TURN TO THE
WEST-NORTHWEST ON MONDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 105 MPH...165
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. HELENE IS A STRONG CATEGORY TWO
HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. SOME ADDITIONAL
STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 40 MILES...65 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175
MILES...280 KM.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 970 MB...28.64 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 1100 AM AST POSITION...20.5 N...49.0 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...105 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...970 MB.

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




http://sirocco.accuweather.com/adc_hurr_images/2006/ah/UHAH_2.GIF Now a category 2 but no threat to land so far