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TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  14A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 2001

...CHANTAL SLOWS DOWN BUT HAS NOT STRENGTHENED...
 
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. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS ALSO IN 
EFFECT FOR THE YUCATAN PENINSULA FROM CHETUMAL TO CANCUN.
 
AT 2 AM EDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  78.3 WEST OR ABOUT
325 MILES...525 KM...SOUTHEAST OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS. THIS ALSO 
ABOUT 175 MILES...280 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF KINGSTON JAMAICA.
 
CHANTAL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 17 MPH...27 KM/HR...AND A 
WEST OR WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TODAY WITH A GRADUAL
DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED.  

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR  60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH 
HIGHER GUSTS.  SLIGHT STRENGTHENING 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 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES.

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

REPEATING THE 2 AM EDT POSITION...15.4 N... 78.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 60 MPH.  
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 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 5 AM EDT.
 
FORECASTER STEWART

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