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Post by NHC Olney Maryland on Sept 27, 2008 9:58:19 GMT -5
BULLETIN 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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