1988 AL season · AL091988 · Archived

Helene

Archived record: full track, peak intensity, and the model guidance issued at the time.

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Peak intensity
Category 4
Peak winds
144 mph
Lowest pressure
938 mb
Track points
44

Observed track

Time (UTC) Position Winds Pressure Stage
Sep 30 12:00 55.0, -30.0 69 mph 992 mb Tropical Storm
Sep 30 06:00 50.2, -34.5 75 mph 990 mb Category 1
Sep 30 00:00 46.2, -38.8 75 mph 985 mb Category 1
Sep 29 18:00 42.9, -42.0 86 mph 979 mb Category 1
Sep 29 12:00 40.2, -44.4 98 mph 973 mb Category 2
Sep 29 06:00 38.0, -46.5 104 mph 970 mb Category 2
Sep 29 00:00 36.1, -48.5 104 mph 970 mb Category 2
Sep 28 18:00 34.7, -49.5 98 mph 972 mb Category 2
Sep 28 12:00 33.5, -50.3 92 mph 975 mb Category 1
Sep 28 06:00 32.8, -51.0 92 mph 977 mb Category 1
Sep 28 00:00 31.9, -51.5 86 mph 979 mb Category 1
Sep 27 18:00 30.9, -51.9 86 mph 979 mb Category 1
Sep 27 12:00 29.8, -52.0 86 mph 979 mb Category 1
Sep 27 06:00 28.2, -51.9 86 mph 979 mb Category 1
Sep 27 00:00 27.1, -51.1 86 mph 977 mb Category 1
Sep 26 18:00 25.8, -50.3 92 mph 976 mb Category 1
Sep 26 12:00 24.5, -49.9 92 mph 975 mb Category 1
Sep 26 06:00 23.4, -49.7 98 mph 973 mb Category 2
Sep 26 00:00 22.2, -49.5 98 mph 971 mb Category 2
Sep 25 18:00 20.9, -49.3 104 mph 968 mb Category 2
Sep 25 12:00 20.0, -49.1 109 mph 966 mb Category 2
Sep 25 06:00 19.4, -49.0 115 mph 963 mb Category 3
Sep 25 00:00 18.7, -48.9 115 mph 959 mb Category 3
Sep 24 18:00 18.1, -48.5 127 mph 954 mb Category 3