Hurricane KYLE

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HURRICANE KYLE ADVISORY NUMBER  10
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL112008
1100 PM AST SAT SEP 27 2008

...KYLE HEADING NORTHWARD WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH... 
 
A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COAST OF MAINE FROM
STONINGTON EASTWARD TO EASTPORT.  A HURRICANE WATCH IS ALSO IN
EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN NOVA SCOTIA CANADA.
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN NEW BRUNSWICK.  A TROPICAL
STORM WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN NOVA SCOTIA.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE COAST OF MAINE
FROM PORT CLYDE EASTWARD TO EASTPORT.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COAST OF MAINE
SOUTH OF PORT CLYDE TO CAPE ELIZABETH...INCLUDING THE PORTLAND
AREA.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF
NOVA SCOTIA.
 
INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN NEW ENGLAND AND THE CANADIAN MARITIMES SHOULD
MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF 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 1100 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KYLE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 36.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 69.5 WEST OR ABOUT 355 MILES...
570 KM...SOUTH OF NANTUCKET MASSACHUSETTS AND ABOUT 555 MILES...895
KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF YARMOUTH NOVA SCOTIA.
 
KYLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 23 MPH...37 KM/HR.  A TURN
TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY.  ON THE FORECAST
TRACK...THE CENTER OF KYLE IS FORECAST TO PASS EAST OF CAPE COD
MASSACHUSETTS ON SUNDAY AND APPROACH THE COAST OF MAINE AND THE
CANADIAN MARITIMES SUNDAY NIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  KYLE IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE.  NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE
NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS...WITH GRADUAL WEAKENING EXPECTED THEREAFTER.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205
MILES...335 KM...MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER. 
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 995 MB...29.38 INCHES.
 
TIDES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER LEVELS IN
THE BAY OF FUNDY...AND ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING
WAVES....ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE COASTS OF OF NEW ENGLAND AND THE
CANADIAN MARITIMES IN ASSOCIATION WITH KYLE.
 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE EXTREME EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE NEW ENGLAND
STATES...NEW BRUNSWICK...NOVA SCOTIA...AND PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
 
REPEATING THE 1100 PM AST POSITION...36.2 N...69.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 23 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...995 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 200 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 500
AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BROWN/AVILA
 
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