WOCN31 CWHX 212128
HURRICANE HELENE INFORMATION STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE CANADIAN 
HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 6.58 PM NDT THURSDAY 21 
SEPTEMBER 2006.

THIS IS THE LAST PLANNED STATEMENT ON HURRICANE HELENE.

 ... HELENE NOT EXPECTED TO PUSH GALES INTO CANADIAN WATERS...

HURRICANE HELENE IS FORECAST TO REMAIN SUFFICIENTLY FAR FROM
CANADIAN WATERS THAT GALES ARE NOT EXPECTED. ACCORDINGLY THE
CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE WILL CEASE MESSAGING... BUT WILL CONTINUE 
TO MONITOR THE HURRICANE AND WILL BEGIN ISSUING BULLETINS ONCE
AGAIN IF CHANGES WARRANT IT.

1. CURRENT POSITION, STRENGTH, CENTRAL PRESSURE AND MOTION

AT 6.30 PM NDT... HURRICANE HELENE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.7N
AND LONGITUDE 56.8W... ABOUT 420 NAUTICAL MILES OR 778 KM EAST 
SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 70
KNOTS... 130 KM/H... AND CENTRAL PRESSURE AT 972 MB. HELENE IS
MOVING NORTH AT 12 KNOTS... 22 KM/H.

2. FORECAST POSITION, CENTRAL PRESSURE AND STRENGTH

DETAILED FORECAST INFORMATION ON HELENE CAN BE FOUND IN BULLETINS 
ISSUED BY THE US NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.

3. PUBLIC WEATHER IMPACTS AND WARNINGS SUMMARY
LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM HELENE HAVE ALREADY STARTED SHOWING UP
ALONG THE ATLANTIC COASTS OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND NOVA SCOTIA... WITH 
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHTS IN EXCESS OF 2 METRES. THESE HEIGHTS ARE
EXPECTED TO REACH 3 METRES ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY... AND RESULT
IN BREAKING SWELLS AS THE PERIODS GET EVEN LONGER... PARTICULARLY 
BETWEEN THE BURIN AND AVALON PENINSULAS OF NEWFOUNDLAND.

NO OTHER IMPACTS OVER CANADIAN LAND REGIONS ARE EXPECTED.

4. MARINE WEATHER IMPACTS AND WARNINGS SUMMARY
GALES ARE EXPECTED TO EXTEND UPWARDS OF 200 NAUTICAL MILES TO THE 
NORTHWEST OF HURRICANE HELENE BUT THESE SHOULD STILL REMAIN OUTSIDE 
SOUTHEASTERNMOST CANADIAN WATERS AS THE STORM PASSES BY ON
SATURDAY.

5. TECHNICAL DISCUSSION
NONE.

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