<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2fLvDT_0vm1baET00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2fLvDT_0vm1baET00" width="1320" height="743" >(WPDE) — 5 P.M. FRIDAY UPDATEHurricane Helene made landfall Thursday, September 26th at 11:10 p.m. just east of the mouth of the Aucilla River, near Perry, Florida. Since then, Helene has weakened into a tropical depression over the southern Appalachians and will continue to push into the Tennessee Valley region tonight.Helene is a post-tropical low-pressure area as of Friday at 5 p.m. This means Helene is now just remnants, meandering over the Tennessee Valley.For the latest on what's happening in the Grand Strand and Pee Dee, head here.Elsewhere in the tropics, things are very active.Hurricane Isaac reached Category 1 status Friday. With the 5 p.m. Friday advisory from the National Hurricane Center, Isaac has maximum sustained winds of 85 miles per hour and is moving easterly. It is not a threat for the United States as the storms continues to move eastern through the northern Atlantic.<img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1RO9jh_0vm1baET00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1RO9jh_0vm1baET00" width="648" height="365" >Isaac is forecast to maintain its category-1-hurricane status through the weekend before weakening at the start of next week. It could bring some far-reaching impacts to the Azores Monday before moving northeasterly into even colder waters.Tropical Storm Joyce formed Friday morning in the central tropical Atlantic. Joyce is moving northwesterly, forecast to maintain tropical storm status into the start of next week.<img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0fwBeF_0vm1baET00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0fwBeF_0vm1baET00" width="648" height="365" >Joyce will turn northerly to end the weekend and is not a threat to the United States as it will weaken to start next week and continue on a northerly trajectory into the central Atlantic.There are also two disturbances in the Atlantic's Main Development Region to watch in the next seven days aside from these named storms.<img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2wcDqF_0vm1baET00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2wcDqF_0vm1baET00" width="648" height="365" >An area in the western Caribbean and southern Gulf has a 30% chance of developing next week as an area of low pressure is forecast to form mid-week next week under conducive environmental conditions. The formation of this possible disturbance would be very similar to how Hurricane Helene formed (spawned by the Central American Gyre).Another area has a 30% chance of developing next week as an area of low pressure is forecast to form in the eastern tropical Atlantic. Environmental conditions look to be conducive to the end of next week for this potential system to slowly develop.The Weather Authority Team will keep you updated with the latest on everything ongoing in the now-active Atlantic.</div></body>

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Tropics are now active following Helene

(WPDE) — 5 P.M. FRIDAY UPDATE. Hurricane Helene made landfall Thursday, September 26th at 11:10 p.m. just east of the mouth of the Aucilla River, near Perry, Florida. Since then, Helene has weakened into a tropical depression over the southern Appalachians and will continue to push into the Tennessee Valley region tonight.