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Tropical Hurricane Helene

0Z UKMET: significantly stronger at landfall (likely sub 992 vs 1000 on 12Z run) and 150 miles east of 12Z with a landfall late afternoon Friday in the FL Big Bend moving NNE; thankfully not nearly as strong as Icon/GFS but UK is notorious for being conservatively weak this far out, especially with winds but also with SLP, and the stronger trend is worrying:

NEW TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECAST TO DEVELOP AFTER 84 HOURS
FORECAST POSITION AT T+ 84 : 18.6N 85.7W

LEAD CENTRAL MAXIMUM WIND
VERIFYING TIME TIME POSITION PRESSURE (MB) SPEED (KNOTS)
-------------- ---- -------- ------------- -------------
1200UTC 25.09.2024 84 18.6N 85.7W 1003 34
0000UTC 26.09.2024 96 21.3N 85.1W 1001 34
1200UTC 26.09.2024 108 22.5N 85.8W 998 42
0000UTC 27.09.2024 120 25.0N 84.6W 995 40
1200UTC 27.09.2024 132 27.2N 84.3W 992 42
0000UTC 28.09.2024 144 31.1N 83.0W 995 41
1200UTC 28.09.2024 156 36.3N 82.7W 1000 23
0000UTC 29.09.2024 168 39.6N 82.7W 1005 27
 
0Z GEFS is still another pretty ominous run for Pensacola to Tampa and inland NE from there. Fortunately most members are much weaker than the operational but this is still not a good sign.
 
0Z EPS: follows the faster and further E 0Z Euro but it is like the Euro still NW of the GFS suite with tracks centered on Apalachicola that then go N near the GA/AL line before curling back NNW. It is similar to the GEPS.
 
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