BULLETIN NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL112008800 PM
AST SUN SEP 28 2008...
KYLE POUNDING NOVA SCOTIA...A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES OF DIGBY...YARMOUTH...AND SHELBURNE IN SOUTHWESTERN NOVA SCOTIA CANADA.A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM STONINGTON MAINEEASTWARD TO EASTPORT MAINE...SOUTHERN NEW BRUNSWICK CANADA...ANDTHE REMAINDER OF SOUTHWESTERN NOVA SCOTIA.
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF NOVA SCOTIA.INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN THE CANADIAN MARITIMES SHOULD MONITOR THEPROGRESS OF KYLE.FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLEINLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUEDBY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.AT 800 PM AST...0000Z...
THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KYLE WAS LOCATEDNEAR LATITUDE 44.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 66.2 WEST. THIS POSITION ISNEAR THE WESTERN TIP OF NOVA SCOTIA JUST NORTH OF YARMOUTH...ANDABOUT 95 MILES...150 KM...SOUTH OF SAINT JOHN.KYLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 30 MPH...48 KM/HR. A MOTIONTOWARD THE NORTH OR NORTH-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT DAYOR SO WITH SOME DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED.
THE CENTER OF KYLE ISEXPECTED TO PASS OVER NEW BRUNSWICK TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHERGUSTS. KYLE IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSONSCALE. GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. KYLEIS LOSING TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND IS EXPECTED TO BECOME EXTRA TROPICAL LATER THIS EVENING.HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM...FROMTHE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230MILES...370 KM.ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 985 MB...29.09 INCHES.
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHESARE POSSIBLE OVER THE EXTREME EASTERN PORTIONS OF MAINE...NEWBRUNSWICK...NOVA SCOTIA...AND PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND THROUGH MONDAYMORNING.TIDES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER LEVELS INTHE BAY OF FUNDY...AND ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERINGWAVES....ARE LIKELY ALONG PORTIONS OF THE COASTS OF NOVA SCOTIA.
REPEATING THE 800 PM AST POSITION...44.0 N...66.2 W. MOVEMENTTOWARD...NORTH NEAR 30 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...985 MB.THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONALHURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 PM AST.
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
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