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WTNT33 KNHC 312031
TCPAT3
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL032007
500 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2007

...CHANTAL EXPECTED TO LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS...
 
AT 500 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 41.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 61.2 WEST OR ABOUT 235
MILES...375 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA AND ABOUT
530 MILES...850 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND.
 
CHANTAL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 26 MPH...43 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS AND CHANTAL COULD LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS TONIGHT OR ON
WEDNESDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES...325 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 999 MB...29.50 INCHES.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. 

REPEATING THE 500 PM EDT POSITION...41.7 N...61.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 26 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...999 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 PM EDT.
 
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FORECASTER BLAKE