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 WTNT23 KNHC 231435
 TCMAT3
 HURRICANE HELENE FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  46
 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL082006
 1500 UTC SAT SEP 23 2006
  
 HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 37.7N  46.4W AT 23/1500Z
 POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  30 NM
  
 PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST OR  65 DEGREES AT  19 KT
  
 ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  970 MB
 MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  80 KT WITH GUSTS TO 100 KT.
 64 KT.......  0NE 115SE 115SW  90NW.
 50 KT....... 75NE 150SE 150SW 175NW.
 34 KT.......225NE 225SE 300SW 300NW.
 WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT.  RADII IN NAUTICAL
 MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT.
  
 REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 37.7N  46.4W AT 23/1500Z
 AT 23/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 37.3N  47.5W
  
 FORECAST VALID 24/0000Z 38.9N  43.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
 MAX WIND  80 KT...GUSTS 100 KT.
 64 KT...  0NE 115SE 115SW  90NW.
 50 KT... 75NE 150SE 150SW 175NW.
 34 KT...225NE 225SE 300SW 300NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 24/1200Z 40.7N  38.5W...EXTRATROPICAL
 MAX WIND  75 KT...GUSTS  90 KT.
 64 KT... 90NE 120SE 120SW  90NW.
 50 KT...120NE 175SE 175SW 175NW.
 34 KT...240NE 270SE 270SW 300NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 25/0000Z 42.5N  34.2W...EXTRATROPICAL
 MAX WIND  70 KT...GUSTS  85 KT.
 64 KT... 90NE 120SE 120SW  90NW.
 50 KT...120NE 175SE 175SW 175NW.
 34 KT...240NE 270SE 270SW 300NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 25/1200Z 44.1N  30.7W...EXTRATROPICAL
 MAX WIND  65 KT...GUSTS  80 KT.
 50 KT... 90NE 120SE 120SW 120NW.
 34 KT...360NE 360SE 300SW 240NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 26/1200Z 47.0N  23.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
 MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
 50 KT... 90NE 120SE 120SW 120NW.
 34 KT...360NE 360SE 300SW 240NW.
  
 EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 225 NM
 ON DAY 4 AND 300 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY
  
 OUTLOOK VALID 27/1200Z 49.0N  18.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
 MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
  
 OUTLOOK VALID 28/1200Z 50.5N  13.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
 MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
  
 REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 37.7N  46.4W
  
 NEXT ADVISORY AT 23/2100Z
  
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