&sq=&lang=&file=File:Helene_Aug_17_2012_1955Z.jpg) Tropical Storm Helene over the Bay of Campeche on August 17, 2012 | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | August 9, 2012 |
| Dissipated | August 18, 2012 |
| Tropical storm | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS) | |
| Highest winds | 45 mph (75 km/h) |
| Lowest pressure | 1004 mbar (hPa); 29.65 inHg |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 2 total |
| Damage | $17 million (2012 USD) |
| Areas affected | Windward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Central America, Mexico |
Part of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season | |
Tropical Storm Helene was a weak tropical storm which affected the southern Caribbean and Central America in mid-August 2012. The seventh tropical depression and eighth named storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season,[nb 1] Helene was monitored as a tropical wave that exited the west coast of the African continent on August 5. It gradually moved westward and became a tropical depression east of the Lesser Antilles four days later. However, unfavorable conditions initially prevented it from developing, which led to its initial degeneration to a remnant low as it traversed the Caribbean Sea.
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