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TROPICAL STORM KYLE ADVISORY NUMBER  16
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM EDT TUE SEP 24 2002

...KYLE GETTING STRONGER OVER THE OPEN ATLANTIC...
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KYLE WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  51.1 WEST OR ABOUT 
815 MILES...1310 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
KYLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH...13 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 
24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND 
KYLE COULD BECOME A HURRICANE BY WEDNESDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 185 MILES
...295 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...30.3 N... 51.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...SOUTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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