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TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 13A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM EDT SAT AUG 18 2001

A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUE IN EFFECT 
FOR JAMAICA AND THE CAYMAN ISLANDS.  AT 8 PM EDT...THE GOVERNMENT OF 
BELIZE HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR BELIZE.
 
AT 8 PM EDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.8 NORTH...  LONGITUDE 77.6 WEST OR ABOUT
155 MILES...250 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF KINGSTON JAMAICA.

CHANTAL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 25 MPH...41 KM/HR.  A 
DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY.  ON THIS 
TRACK...THE CENTER OF CHANTAL IS EXPECTED TO PASS ABOUT 100 MILES 
SOUTH OF JAMAICA TONIGHT.

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 TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY A RECONNAISSANCE 
PLANE WAS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN
MOUNTAINOUS AREAS...ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE PATH OF CHANTAL. 
  
REPEATING THE 8 PM EDT POSITION...15.8 N...  77.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 25 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...  60 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 11 PM EDT.

FORECASTER LAWRENCE
 
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