Saturday, September 16, 2006

Hurricane Helene Strenthening....

Hurricane Helene, now the fourth named storm this season, is beginning to strengthen and is located about 1100 miles east of the N. Leeward Islands. Here's the latest advisory:

Motion: NW near 13 mph
Sustained Winds: 74 mph with higher gusts
Central Pressure: 987 mb

Helene is forecasted to strengthen over the next 48-72 hours, and then the intensification should level out a bit and neither strengthen nor weaken significantly.

An upper-level trough should swing through our area Monday and then begin to move off the eastern coast. This pattern should help to turn Helene more to the north-northeast and prevent it from having any impact on the U.S.

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