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The NHC said in its 10 a.m. CDT advisory Wednesday that Helene is currently located about 85 miles north-northeast of Cozumel, Mexico with maximum sustained winds near 80 mph.
According to the NHC's 5 p.m. ET advisory, Helene — with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph — was located about 460 miles southwest of Tampa, Fla., and was moving north at 12 mph.
The NHC gives this system a 20 percent chance of formation through the next seven days. Atlantic storm tracker Gabe Hauari is a national trending news reporter at USA TODAY.
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