 Late on September 26 , shear began to relax and deep convection redeveloped around the center of circulation and the forward motion of the storm began to increase . Several hours later , the storm made a sudden northwest jump due to a passing shortwave trough . By this time , Kyle was just below hurricane @-@ status , with sustained winds up to 70 mph ( 110 km / h ) . Continued organization led to the storm attaining hurricane intensity at 1200 UTC on September 27 while located about 345 mi ( 555 km ) west of Bermuda . Upon attaining this intensity , the storm became embedded within an area strong , divergent , upper @-@ level winds . Increasing in forward motion , the center of Kyle was located along the southwestern edge of the deep convection . 
