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HURRICANE HELENE ADVISORY NUMBER  19
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL082006
1100 PM AST SAT SEP 16 2006

...HELENE GETTING A LITTLE BETTER ORGANIZED OVER THE OPEN TROPICAL
ATLANTIC...

AT 1100 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE HELENE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 19.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 47.5 WEST OR ABOUT 1025 MILES
...1645 KM...EAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.

HELENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR.
A MOTION BETWEEN WEST-NORTHWEST AND NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 80 MPH...130 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SLOW STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES...35 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175
MILES...280 KM.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 984 MB...29.06 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 1100 PM AST POSITION...19.5 N...47.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...984 MB.

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

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FORECASTER STEWART

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