Tropical Storm Helene Has Formed

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Tropical Storm Helene Advisory Number 7
Nws Tpc/national Hurricane Center Miami Fl Al082006
1100 Pm Ast Wed Sep 13 2006

...tropical Depression Intensifies Into Tropical Storm Helene...

At 1100 Pm Ast...0300z...the Center Of Tropical Storm Helene Was
Located Near Latitude 13.3 North...longitude 32.7 West Or About 565
Miles...910 Km...west Of The Southernmost Cape Verde Islands.

Tropical Storm Helene Is Moving Toward The West-northwest Near 22
Mph...35 Km/hr...and This Motion Is Expected To Continue Over The
Next Day.

Maximum Sustained Winds Are Near 40 Mph...65 Km/hr...with Higher
Gusts. Continued Strengthening Is Forecast During The Next 24
Hours.

Tropical Storm Force Winds Extend Outward Up To 70 Miles...110 Km
From The Center.

Estimated Minimum Central Pressure Is 1005 Mb...29.68 Inches.

Repeating The 1100 Pm Ast Position...13.3 N...32.7 W. Movement
Toward...west-northwest Near 22 Mph. Maximum Sustained Winds...40
Mph. Minimum Central Pressure...1005 Mb.

The Next Advisory Will Be Issued By The National Hurricane Center At
500 Am Ast.

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Forecaster Avila/landsea

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Coastal Watches/Warnings and 5-Day Cone

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Poor Bermuda.
Looks like might be another close one....
We'll see by next week.

Pharlap said:

Poor Bermuda.
Looks like might be another close one....
We'll see by next week.

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This one may not stay out to sea, either. We'll have to keep an eye on it. My gut instinct tells me this could be a fairly big storm hitting the U.S. Hope I am wrong, though.

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200608_climo.html#a_topad

Oh DK, you make me wake up to this I hope that thing likes fish territory.

I haven't had enough coffee but I think I heard the news say it was already 110 miles per hour. Hope it stays in the Atlantic.

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5am today...Looks like it says 40mph...print is SO small...hehehe:waitasec:

11am is up...

Dark Knight said:

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WOW! What a change in the forecasted path from just this morning! It's like the hand of God is over us sending these all out to sea!!!

HELENE's Forecast Eye Path ™

http://hurricane.accuweather.com/hurricane/regions.asp?partner=accuweather&site=atl

As of 11:00 p.m. EDT, Tropical Storm Helene was located near 17.2 north, 43.7 west or about 1,195 miles east of the Leeward Islands. The storm is moving west-northwest at 14 mph with estimated maximum-sustained winds of 70 mph with higher gusts. Helene may strengthen into a hurricane early Saturday morning. The estimated central pressure is 992 millibars, or 29.29 inches of mercury.

Helene remains to the south of a large high pressure area located over the central Atlantic. This high pressure area will keep Helene on a west-northwest course through the weekend. An upper-level trough moving off the East Coast Friday night and Saturday will move east and cause Helene to track more northward by early next week. This should keep Helene east of Bermuda.

Helene could undergo rapid intensification similar to Gordon over the weekend. At this point we expect Helene to become a category 2 hurricane with winds over 95 mph by the end of the weekend and perhaps become a major hurricane if the shear stays low over the system.

Elsewhere in the tropical Atlantic, we are tracking tropical waves along 20 west, 74 west and 83 west. All these waves will continue to track to the west.

Heard earlier all the forcasters said it won't hit the USA.
We'll see.......