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TROPICAL STORM KYLE ADVISORY NUMBER  88
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM EDT SAT OCT 12 2002

...KYLE STRENGTHENS BACK INTO A TROPICAL STORM FOR THE FIFTH TIME...
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KYLE WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 36.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  75.0 WEST OR ABOUT
35 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF NAGS HEAD NORTH CAROLINA.
 
KYLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH AND THIS 
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  THIS MEANS THAT KYLE HAS STRENGTHENED INTO A TROPICAL STORM 
FOR THE FIFTH TIME DURING ITS LONG LIFETIME. HOWEVER...LITTLE CHANGE 
IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  KYLE IS ALSO 
BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL AND LATER TODAY IT MAY BECOME ABSORBED BY A 
LARGER NON-TROPICAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY LOCATED SOUTHEAST 
OF THE DELMARVA PENINSULA.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  70 MILES
...110 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE RECENTLY REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE 
RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 1009 MB...29.80 INCHES.
 
EVEN THOUGH KYLE IS MOVING AWAY FROM THE UNITED STATES...GALE FORCE 
WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD NORTH AND WEST OF THE CENTER LATER TODAY 
AND TONIGHT AND MAY REACH PORTIONS OF THE NEW ENGLAND COASTAL 
WATERS. DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS AND RIP TIDES COULD ALSO AFFECT 
PORTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES EAST COAST FROM THE OUTER BANKS OF 
NORTH CAROLINA NORTHWARD TO CAPE COD MASSACHUSETTS. CONSULT YOUR 
LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS ON 
THESE DEVELOPING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...36.0 N... 75.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
AT 11 AM EDT.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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