Hurricane Helene

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[SoFloFreeper]

ZCZC MIATCPAT3 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT ADVISORY NUMBER 1 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL082006 1100 AM EDT TUE SEP 12 2006

...EIGHTH TROPICAL DEPRESSION OF THE SEASON FORMS OVER THE FAR EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC...

SHIP REPORTS AND SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT A TROPICAL DEPRESSION HAS FORMED FROM THE TROPICAL WAVE THAT MOVED OFF THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA YESTERDAY.

AT 1100 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 23.0 WEST OR ABOUT 185 MILES...295 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 18 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH...45 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM WITHIN THE NEXT DAY OR SO.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 1100 AM EDT POSITION...12.5 N...23.0 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NEAR 18 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...30 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 500 PM EDT.

$$ FORECASTER PASCH

[Diddle E. Squat]

LOL

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

No it's not Gordon. That's what I also first thought. Gordon is still expected to take nearly the same path as Hurricane Flo just did. It's closer to us than it is to Africa.

This one is scary as it looks like it's getting it's strength up way to early as far as location goes. They're usually just a tropical disturbance in the same area at this point.

[TitanicMan2003]

Tropical depression!

Oh noes!

I must lock myself in my underground bunker and not emerge until April! (Hey, you want to deal with Michigan winters?)

aaaaaaaah!

MGY

[Michael Goldsberry]

Ah, thanks. I must have blinked and missed Gordon.

[Hatteras]

WTFOT! Bump...

[Brilliant]

Looks like it's headed for Bermuda again. I wonder what they did to piss off the gods.

[nwctwx]

Gordon is headed off to the North Atlantic to die.

Although Florence and Gordon have both curved out to sea, this one may be worth watching. The pattern is forecast to shift towards one that would favor an east coast hit. We shall see though, it's still at least 10 days off.

[Paradox]

We're all gonna DIE!

[Tim Slagle]

The Left has been waiting all summer for a hurricane to blame on the President. Will Eight be their lucky number? And, just in case the NYT plans to run with the "Sky is Falling" Headline, here's a great update of the popular children's classic.

[epluribus_2]

If we finish up this hurricane season with fewer, less-intense hurricanes as in previous years and no mega storm like Katrina, does that mean the DayAfterTomorrow/Kyoto/GW/freaks should shut up? At least about how W and you SUV are causing a hurricane crisis?

[mcshot]

Just don't get jittery and start speculating on oil futures - stay down.
:-)

[AFPhys]

LOL: That's a keeper!

[Mo1]

what is that?

[RSmithOpt]

Looks like the speculators have found out too. NYMEX gas futures up. $2.04 @ 10:53 am even though storms this time of the year rarely enter the Gulf of Mexico.

[RobFromGa]

wat' dat'

read the title, it's a prediction of what could happen...

[lonestar]

Last Sept. 24, a Rita came over my house and I live in SE Texas. The levees held so we didn't make the news.

[AFPhys]

Historical summary: Great chance of this getting very strong, and about 1/3 chance of hitting US after weakening ...

[Sam Cree]

Yeah, I noticed quite a few major storms in that historical map. Scary.

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

Tropical Depression?

Just take Tropical Prozac.

[Corin Stormhands]

The last few "big ones" to hit Virginia have hit in the third week of September.