BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM HELENE ADVISORY NUMBER  10
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL082006
500 PM AST THU SEP 14 2006

...HELENE MOVING SLOWER...REMAINS FAR FROM LAND...

AT 500 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HELENE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 37.6 WEST OR ABOUT 885
MILES...1420 KM...WEST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.

HELENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.

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

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM
FROM THE CENTER.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.

HELENE IS WELL AWAY FROM THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN AND MOVING TOWARDS
THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 16 MPH., HENCE THERE IS NO IMMEDIATE THREAT.
THE FORECAST TRACK SUGGEST THAT THE SYSTEM MAY PASS WELL NORTH OF
THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN, TAKING A SIMILAR PATH TO FLORENCE AND GORDON.
HOWEVER THE TROPICAL STORM IS STILL OVER THE ATLANTIC EAST OF THE
REGION AND THERE IS NORMALLY SOME DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY REGARDING
THE FORECAST TRACK, HENCE RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO CONTINUE
MONITORING THIS SYSTEM UNTIL IT MOVES NORTH OF THE AREA.

REPEATING THE 500 PM AST POSITION...14.2 N...37.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 PM AST.


FORECASTER GEORGE BRAITHWAITE