Date added: Wednesday September 20, 2006: 11pm EST

Helene Turns Away From US

Yet Another Threat Curves

New System Investigated

Also:

"That Seemed Like A Hurricane"

By HurricaneNow.com
Chief Correspondent Jeff Flock

Helene Takes A Florence/Gordon Turn

As expected, the season's second major hurricane has begun to take the path of the previous Cat 3 hurricane (Gordon) as well as the Cat 1 before that (Florence). Helene looks like it will take a path well east of Bermuda, sparing the island another brush with heavy weather. According to the National Hurricane Center, Helene shows the potential of gaining some strength before turning to the northeast and speeding off into the open Atlantic. Gordon had quite a life after it took that turn, hitting the Azores and now continuing as an extratropical storm.

Invest 96L Next Curver?

There is a tropical wave several hundred miles southwest of the Cape Verde Islands that shows signs of development, though none of the models currently develop into a hurricane. The current track thinking on what the NHC has dubbed "Invest 96L" is (surprise), something along the lines of Florence, Gordon and Helene. Yes, Bermuda, you may be in the sights again. And once again, it doesn't appear this will be a US threat. Could it be that the weak sister (brother) Ernesto will be the worst the continental US will see all year?