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Tropical Storm KYLE (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM KYLE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   6A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL112008
200 AM AST SAT SEP 27 2008

...KYLE JUST BELOW HURRICANE STRENGTH...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BERMUDA.
 
INTERESTS IN COASTAL NEW ENGLAND AND THE CANADIAN MARITIMES 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 200 AM AST...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KYLE WAS
LOCATED BY AN AIR FORCE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT TO BE NEAR
LATITUDE 29.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 69.2 WEST OR ABOUT 320 MILES...
515 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA.
 
KYLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR.
THIS GENERAL MOTION WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH AND
THEN THE NORTH-NORTHEAST ON SUNDAY. ON THIS TRACK...THE CORE OF
KYLE AND THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN WELL TO THE
WEST OF BERMUDA.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. KYLE WILL LIKELY BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205 MILES...335 KM
TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 994 MB...29.35 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ON BERMUDA THROUGH
SATURDAY.
 
REPEATING THE 200 AM AST POSITION...29.8 N...69.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70
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 STEWART
 
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