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TROPICAL STORM CHRIS ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST FRI AUG 18 2000

...CORRECTION TO MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IN REPEAT SECTION...

...CHRIS BARELY A TROPICAL STORM ...
 
SATELLITE IMAGES AND REPORTS FROM A RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE
THAT AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL
STORM CHRIS WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  56.8
WEST OR ABOUT 325 MILES...525 KM...EAST OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA IN
THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.
 
CHRIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH
...20 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE 
NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATES CHRIS IS BARELY A TROPICAL STORM
AND MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR... CONFINED
TO A FEW SQUALLS.  HOWEVER...SOME SLOW STRENGTHENING IS STILL
POSSIBLE.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  50 MILES
... 85 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
RECONNAISSANCE PLANE REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE OF
1011 MB...29.85 INCHES.

MOST OF THE WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH CHRIS IS EXPECTED TO PASS NORTH
OF THE ISLANDS OF THE NORTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN.  HOWEVER...A DEVIATION
TO THE LEFT OF THE TRACK COULD BRING TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS TO
SOME OF THE NORTHERNMOST ISLANDS.  IF NECESSARY...TROPICAL STORM
WATCHES OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED FOR SOME OF THE ISLANDS.
  
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...17.0 N... 56.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1011 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
  
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