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Tropical Storm KYLE (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM KYLE ADVISORY NUMBER   4...CORRECTED
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL112008
1100 AM AST FRI SEP 26 2008

...KYLE CONTINUING NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD...TROPICAL STORM WARNING
ISSUED FOR BERMUDA...

...CORRECT WATCH TO WARNING...
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF BERMUDA HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR BERMUDA.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS
THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA
WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
INTERESTS IN THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES AND THE CANADIAN
MARITIMES REGION SHOULD CLOSELY 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 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KYLE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 68.8 WEST OR ABOUT 475
MILES...760 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA.
 
KYLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR. 
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH AN INCREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH
EXPECTED ON SATURDAY.  ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF KYLE AND THE
STRONGEST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN WEST OF BERMUDA.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS...AND KYLE COULD BECOME A HURRICANE BY SATURDAY NIGHT.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205 MILES...335 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 997 MB...29.44 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ON BERMUDA THROUGH
SATURDAY.
 
REPEATING THE 1100 AM AST POSITION...26.4 N...68.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...997 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 200 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 500
PM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BEVEN
 
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