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Tropical Storm KYLE (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM KYLE ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL112008
1100 PM AST THU SEP 25 2008
 
...KYLE STRENGTHENS AS IT BEGINS TO ACCELERATE NORTHWARD...

INTERESTS IN BERMUDA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF KYLE.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 1100 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KYLE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 68.0 WEST OR ABOUT 555
MILES...890 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA.
 
KYLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS.  ON
THIS TRACK...KYLE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN WEST OF BERMUDA.
 
REPORTS FROM A NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48
HOURS AND KYLE COULD BECOME A HURRICANE BY SATURDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165
KM...TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE ESTIMATED BY THE AIRCRAFT WAS 994
MB...29.35 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 1100 PM AST POSITION...24.8 N...68.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...994 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BERG/AVILA
 
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