TROPICAL STORM KYLE ADVISORY NUMBER 2

BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM KYLE ADVISORY NUMBER 2

NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL1120081100 PM AST THU SEP 25 2008...

KYLE STRENGTHENS AS IT BEGINS TO ACCELERATE NORTHWARD...INTERESTS IN BERMUDA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF KYLE.FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLEINLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUEDBY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.AT 1100 PM AST...0300Z...

THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KYLE WASLOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 68.0 WEST OR ABOUT 555MILES...890 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA.KYLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR...AND THISGENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS. ONTHIS TRACK...KYLE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN WEST OF BERMUDA.

REPORTS FROM A NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT MAXIMUMSUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITHHIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48HOURS AND KYLE COULD BECOME A HURRICANE BY SATURDAY.TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165KM...TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE ESTIMATED BY THE AIRCRAFT WAS 994MB...29.35 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 1100 PM AST POSITION...24.8 N...68.0 W. MOVEMENTTOWARD...NORTH NEAR 13 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH.MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...994 MB.THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT500 AM

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FORECASTER BERG/AVILA