..HELENE STRENGTHENING SEPT 25, 2024..

 

...HELENE STRENGTHENING... ...PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM STORM SURGE AND DAMAGING WINDS ALONG THE FLORIDA BIG BEND COAST SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION TODAY...

4:00 PM CDT Wed Sep 25 Location: 22.5°N 86.6°W Moving: N at 12 mph Min pressure: 978 mb Max sustained: 85 mph

..HELENE NOW A HURRICANE SEPT. 25, 2024..

 

...HELENE BECOMES A HURRICANE... ...EXPECTED TO BRING LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE, DAMAGING WINDS, AND FLOODING RAINS TO A LARGE PORTION OF FLORIDA AND THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES...

10:00 AM CDT Wed Sep 25 Location: 21.6°N 86.3°W Moving: NNW at 10 mph Min pressure: 979 mb Max sustained: 80 mph

EURO Wind gust model

..TROPICAL STORM HELENE UPDATE SEPT. 24, 2024 11:00 AM EDT..

 

...TROPICAL STORM HELENE FORMS OVER THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA... ...HURRICANE AND STORM SURGE WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA GULF COAST...

11:00 AM EDT Tue Sep 24 Location: 19.5°N 84.3°W Moving: NW at 12 mph Min pressure: 1000 mb Max sustained: 45 mph

Very warm waters where the loop current is located. Most tropical cyclones 

that travel over this area rapidly intensify.  

Where Helene is now located upper level winds are not that favorable at this time.

Dry air over the Gulf and the Yucatan.