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TROPICAL STORM KYLE ADVISORY NUMBER  17
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT TUE SEP 24 2002

...KYLE GETTING STRONGER OVER THE OPEN ATLANTIC...COULD BECOME
A HURRICANE BY WEDNESDAY...
 
AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KYLE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  51.4 WEST OR 
ABOUT 805 MILES...1290 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
KYLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH... 9 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL DIRECTION OF MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR 
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN THE FORWARD SPEED ARE
POSSIBLE.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND 
KYLE COULD BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TONIGHT OR ON WEDNESDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 185 MILES
...295 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  994 MB...29.35 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION...30.1 N... 51.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...SOUTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 65 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 994 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
AT 11 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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