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Tropical Storm KYLE (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM KYLE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   7A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL112008
800 AM AST SAT SEP 27 2008
 
...KYLE PASSING WELL TO THE WEST OF BERMUDA BUT PRODUCING SQUALLY
WEATHER ON THE ISLAND...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BERMUDA.
 
WATCHES OR WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS MORNING FOR PORTIONS
OF COASTAL NEW ENGLAND AND THE CANADIAN MARITIMES.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AT 800 AM AST...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KYLE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 69.5 WEST OR ABOUT
295 MILES...475 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA.
 
KYLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR.
A NORTH-NORTHWEST TO NORTHWARD MOTION WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TODAY...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD
THE NORTH-NORTHEAST ON SUNDAY. ON THIS TRACK...THE CORE OF
KYLE AND THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN WELL TO THE
WEST OF BERMUDA.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR 70 MPH...110
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING
THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND KYLE COULD BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205 MILES...335 KM
MAINLY NORTH THROUGH EAST OF THE CENTER.  WIND GUSTS OF
TROPICAL-STORM FORCE HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM BERMUDA.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 996 MB...29.41 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ON BERMUDA THROUGH
SATURDAY. ALSO...RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD INTO MUCH OF NEW
ENGLAND TODAY WELL IN ADVANCE OF KYLE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL DIRECTLY
ASSOCIATED WITH KYLE COULD PRODUCE TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES
...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE...ACROSS PORTIONS OF
NEW ENGLAND AND THE ADJACENT AREAS OF EASTERN CANADA THROUGH
SUNDAY.
 
REPEATING THE 800 AM AST POSITION...31.2 N...69.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...996 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BEVEN
 
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