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TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL ADVISORY NUMBER 5
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST THU AUG 16 2001
 
...TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL HEADING FOR THE WINDWARD ISLANDS IN A 
HURRY... 
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR DOMINICA AND THE GRENADINES. A TROPICAL
STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BARBADOS...ST. VINCENT AND ST.
LUCIA.

AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO HAS 
ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR GRENADA...TOBAGO AND ITS 
DEPENDENCIES.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 
MARTINIQUE.
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 55.3 WEST OR ABOUT 280 
MILES...455 KM...EAST OF BARBADOS.
 
CHANTAL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 26 MPH...43 KM/HR...AND THIS 
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON THIS 
TRACK CHANTAL SHOULD BE MOVING THROUGH THE WINDWARD ISLANDS TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE WILL BE IN THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. 
CHANTAL COULD BECOME A HURRICANE IN A DAY OR TWO. 
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS...ARE LIKELY NEAR THE PATH OF CHANTAL.

REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...13.1 N...  55.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 26 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...  40 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 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 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 PM
AST.

FORECASTER AVILA
 
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