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TROPICAL STORM KYLE FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL112008
1500 UTC SAT SEP 27 2008
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500 UTC...A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE
COAST OF MAINE FROM STONINGTON TO EASTPORT.  A HURRICANE WATCH
MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH
AREA... GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500 UTC...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
THE COAST OF MAINE SOUTH OF STONINGTON TO CAPE ELIZABETH...
INCLUDING THE PORTLAND AREA.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...
GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BERMUDA.
 
INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN NEW ENGLAND AND THE CANADIAN MARITIMES SHOULD
MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF OF KYLE.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 32.1N  69.6W AT 27/1500Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  20 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST OR 345 DEGREES AT  13 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  998 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  60 KT WITH GUSTS TO  75 KT.
50 KT....... 90NE   0SE   0SW  45NW.
34 KT.......180NE 140SE   0SW 110NW.
12 FT SEAS..360NE 240SE 150SW 240NW.
WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT.  RADII IN NAUTICAL
MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT.
 
REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 32.1N  69.6W AT 27/1500Z
AT 27/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 31.2N  69.5W
 
FORECAST VALID 28/0000Z 34.7N  69.8W
MAX WIND  65 KT...GUSTS  80 KT.
64 KT... 30NE   0SE   0SW   0NW.
50 KT... 90NE  30SE   0SW  45NW.
34 KT...180NE 140SE  20SW 110NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 28/1200Z 38.8N  68.9W
MAX WIND  70 KT...GUSTS  85 KT.
64 KT... 30NE  30SE   0SW   0NW.
50 KT... 90NE  60SE   0SW  45NW.
34 KT...180NE 160SE  50SW 110NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 29/0000Z 43.0N  67.5W
MAX WIND  65 KT...GUSTS  80 KT.
64 KT... 30NE  30SE   0SW   0NW.
50 KT... 90NE  75SE  20SW  50NW.
34 KT...200NE 180SE  50SW 120NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 29/1200Z 46.7N  66.0W...INLAND BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
34 KT...200NE 200SE  60SW  60NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 30/1200Z 51.0N  64.0W...EXTRATROPICAL INLAND
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT...120NE 150SE  60SW  40NW.
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 250 NM
ON DAY 4 AND 325 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY
 
OUTLOOK VALID 01/1200Z...ABSORBED BY FRONTAL SYSTEM
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 32.1N  69.6W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 27/2100Z
 
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FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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