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TROPICAL STORM KYLE ADVISORY NUMBER  20
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM EDT WED SEP 25 2002

...KYLE STRENGTHENING SLIGHTLY OVER THE OPEN ATLANTIC...COULD BECOME 
A HURRICANE LATER TODAY...
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KYLE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  54.8 WEST OR ABOUT
630 MILES...1010 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
KYLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH
...13 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION MOTION IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS
AND KYLE COULD BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 185 MILES
...295 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  990 MB...29.23 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...29.2 N... 54.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 990 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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