Track Hurricane Helene: Spaghetti, forecast cone [Video]

Hurricane Helene intensified to a Category 3 storm Thursday afternoon as it continues toward Florida’s Gulf coast.

TAMPA, Fla. — Hurricane Helene formed Wednesday and strengthened into a Category 3 storm by Thursday afternoon as it continues to track toward Florida’s Gulf Coast. The Tampa Bay region should be prepared for potential severe impacts from the storm.

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See below for the real-time tropical tracker, spaghetti models and more.

Resembling spaghetti noodles, each line in a spaghetti model represents a computer’s best guess as to where the center of the storm will go.

These models, however, do not show expected impacts on areas.

Here’s the latest spaghetti model for Hurricane Helene:

This “cone of uncertainty” shows an area where the center of the storm could go, when and how strong it might be at the given time. Note …