Tropical Storm KYLE

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TROPICAL STORM KYLE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   3A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL112008
800 AM AST FRI SEP 26 2008

...KYLE NOW MOVING NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BERMUDA.  A TROPICAL STORM
WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE
WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.
 
INTERESTS IN THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES AND THE CANADIAN
MARITIMES REGION SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF KYLE DURING
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 800 AM AST...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KYLE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 68.7 WEST OR ABOUT 500
MILES...805 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA.
 
KYLE IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...20
KM/HR.  THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH AN
INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED LATER TODAY AND SATURDAY.  ON THIS
TRACK...THE CENTER OF KYLE AND THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO
REMAIN WEST OF BERMUDA.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN ARE NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
48 HOURS... AND KYLE COULD BECOME A HURRICANE BY SATURDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 160 MILES...260 KM
...MAINLY EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 997 MB...29.44 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF UP TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ON BERMUDA
THROUGH SATURDAY.
 
REPEATING THE 800 AM AST POSITION...26.0 N...68.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...997 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BEVEN
 
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