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TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  24
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL   AL0401
1500Z TUE AUG 21 2001
 
AT 10 AM CDT...1500 UTC...THE GOVERNMENTS OF BELIZE AND MEXICO HAVE
DISCONTINUED THE HURRICANE WATCH FOR THE CARIBBEAN COASTS OF THOSE
COUNTRIES.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF COASTAL
BELIZE...AND FOR THE EAST COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA FROM THE
MEXICO/BELIZE BORDER NORTHWARD TO CANCUN.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA
FROM PROGRESO TO CARMEN.  ADDITIONAL WARNINGS AND WATCHES MAY BE
REQUIRED FOR THE MEXICAN GULF COAST LATER TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 18.5N  89.1W AT 21/1500Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  30 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST OR 285 DEGREES AT   5 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1004 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  45 KT WITH GUSTS TO  55 KT.
34 KT.......175NE 125SE   0SW   0NW.
12 FT SEAS..175NE 175SE   0SW   0NW.
WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT.  RADII IN NAUTICAL
MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT.
 
REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 18.5N  89.1W AT 21/1500Z
AT 21/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 18.4N  88.8W
 
FORECAST VALID 22/0000Z 18.7N  90.0W...INLAND
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 22/1200Z 19.1N  91.7W...OVER WATER
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT...100NE  25SE  25SW  50NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 23/0000Z 19.5N  93.5W
MAX WIND  45 KT...GUSTS  55 KT.
34 KT...100NE  50SE  50SW 100NW.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 18.5N  89.1W
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE
 
OUTLOOK VALID 23/1200Z 19.8N  95.3W
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
50 KT... 30NE  30SE  30SW  30NW.
34 KT...100NE  60SE  60SW 100NW.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 24/1200Z 20.0N  98.5W...INLAND
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT... 60NE   0SE   0SW  60NW.
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 21/2100Z
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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