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TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER   7
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM AST THU AUG 16 2001

...CHANTAL BECOMING A TROPICAL WAVE...
 
AT 8 PM AST...0000Z...ALL WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE DISCONTINUED FOR
THE ISLANDS OF THE LESSER ANTILLES BY THEIR RESPECTIVE 
GOVERNMENTS...EXCEPT THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR MARTINIQUE AND 
GUADELOUPE WHICH WILL BE DISCONTINUED AT 8 AM AST TOMORROW. 

REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE INDICATE THAT 
CHANTAL NO LONGER HAS A CENTER OF CIRCULATION...AND THE SYSTEM IS 
BECOMING A STRONG TROPICAL WAVE.
 
AT 800 PM AST...0000Z...THE DISSIPATING CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
CHANTAL WAS ESTIMATED IN THE VICINITY OF LATITUDE 13.0 NORTH...
LONGITUDE  61.0 WEST OR NEAR ST. VINCENT IN THE WINDWARD ISLANDS.

THE WAVE IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 29 MPH...47 KM/HR...AND A RAPID 
WESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...IN A FEW 
SQUALLS.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1011 MB...29.85 INCHES.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS...ARE STILL POSSIBLE OVER SOME OF THE LESSER 
ANTILLES.

REPEATING THE 800 PM AST POSITION...13.0 N... 61.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 29 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH.  
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1011 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE 
CENTER ON CHANTAL UNLESS REGENERATION OCCURS.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
 
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