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TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL ADVISORY NUMBER  14
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT SAT AUG 18 2001
 
A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUE IN EFFECT
FOR JAMAICA AND THE CAYMAN ISLANDS.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH
CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR BELIZE.  AT 11 PM EDT...0300 UTC...THE
GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE YUCATAN
PENINSULA FROM CHETUMAL TO CANCUN
 
AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  78.2 WEST OR ABOUT
180 MILES...280 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF KINGSTON JAMAICA.
 
CHANTAL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 23 MPH...37 KM/HR...AND A 
WEST OR WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY WITH A 
DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED.  

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES
...230 KM...MAINLY NORTH AND EAST FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY A RECONNAISSANCE 
PLANE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN
MOUNTAINOUS AREAS...ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE PATH OF CHANTAL. 

REPEATING THE 11 PM EDT POSITION...15.7 N... 78.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 23 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 60 MPH.  
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE 
CENTER AT 2 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 AM 
EDT...SUNDAY.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE

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