The 2:00 PM advisory is out for Hurricane Helene with no big changes to the forecast and our local impacts.

Helene is currently a Category 1 with sustained winds of 80 mph. The storm is moving NNW at 10mph.

Helene will start to move more northerly before taking a curve slightly NE ahead of landfall Thursday.

This will become a major hurricane by the time it is off the coast of Tampa Bay with wind speeds even stronger in the latest update.

Hurricane Helene is still forecast to make landfall at a Category 3 with winds up to 125 mph. We can’t rule out it being even stronger as there is not much in this storm’s path.

You can read more about local impacts we’re expecting in the previous post.