TROPICAL STORM KYLE ADVISORY NUMBER 4

BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM KYLE ADVISORY NUMBER 4

NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL1120081100 AM AST FRI SEP 26 2008...

KYLE CONTINUING NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGISSUED FOR BERMUDA...AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF BERMUDA HAS ISSUED ATROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR BERMUDA.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANSTHAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREAWITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.INTERESTS IN THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES AND THE CANADIANMARITIMES REGION SHOULD CLOSELY 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 AM AST...1500Z...

THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KYLE WASLOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 68.8 WEST OR ABOUT 475MILES...760 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA.KYLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR. THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH AN INCREASE INFORWARD SPEED THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEXPECTED ON SATURDAY. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF KYLE AND THESTRONGEST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN WEST OF BERMUDA.MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHERGUSTS.

SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24HOURS...AND KYLE COULD BECOME A HURRICANE BY SATURDAY NIGHT.TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205 MILES...335 KMFROM THE CENTER.ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 997 MB...29.44 INCHES.RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ON BERMUDA THROUGHSATURDAY.REPEATING THE 1100 AM AST POSITION...26.4 N...68.8 W. MOVEMENTTOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...997 MB.

AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANECENTER AT 200 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 500PM AST.

FORECASTER BEVEN